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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gideon is finally freed from his torture and imprisonment due to ______________.
(a) A prison breakout
(b) Lack of evidence
(c) His captors finding a new torture victim
(d) A cunning escape

2. What does John Dawson continue to do as Elisha raises his revolver to shoot him?
(a) Sing
(b) Swear
(c) Laugh
(d) Smile

3. John repeatedly asks Elisha to give the ____________ to his son after his death.
(a) Note
(b) Story
(c) Uniform
(d) Pencil

4. Elisha's master's eyes are like two globes of _________, two suns that burn his face.
(a) Water
(b) Coal
(c) Lava
(d) Fire

5. What is NOT one of the torture methods used on Gideon during a time when he was arrested?
(a) Drowned in a bucket
(b) Face spat on
(c) Matches lit under fingernails
(d) Beard pulled

Short Answer Questions

1. The boy tells Elisha that the ________ are hungry as Elisha considers taking food to Dawson.

2. Elisha was named for a man who was a prophet of ____________, as he explains.

3. Ilana looks at Elisha with _______________ and Gideon with friendliness.

4. _____________ is praying for the repose of the dead when Elisha comes upstairs.

5. Elisha wants to ____________ Dawson, otherwise he's killing a man for no reason at all.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Elisha ask John Dawson about when he sees how slender his fingers and hands are?

2. What does Elisha tell John Dawson about the meaning of his name after John comments on it?

3. What does the boy tell Elisha about all of the faces that Elisha sees around him in the room?

4. What is the question that Elisha asks of every ghost in the room with him, though he has a hard time getting an answer?

5. What did Ilana do to narrowly escape her own death, according to her recollection?

6. What does the Berlin Chief of the Gestapo do to Stefan in order to try to get information from him?

7. What happened to Stefan at the concentration camp where Elisha was held as well?

8. What does Elisha begin to understand about the idea of killing others as he talks with the younger version of himself?

9. What does John refuse to do when Elisha is preparing to kill him?

10. What do each of the people around the table slowly talk about as they are sitting together?

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