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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. John is sad to think that Elisha _____________ him, but it's not true.
(a) Pities
(b) Loves
(c) Hates
(d) Likes

2. What does Ilana serve to the people who are sitting around the table?
(a) Coffee
(b) Tea
(c) Rice
(d) Lamb

3. Gad owes his life to three ____________ who were supposed to be killed in a specific way as directed by the Old Man.
(a) Spies
(b) Englishmen
(c) Mystics
(d) Rabbis

4. "In a way, we are the ones to _________ John Dawson. Because you can't do it without us. Now, do you see?"
(a) Believe
(b) Save
(c) Execute
(d) Martyr

5. Who is no longer yawning when Elisha goes upstairs after the execution?
(a) Gideon
(b) Ilana
(c) Gad
(d) Joab

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Elisha see filing into the room, making the room feel very crowded?

2. Gideon is finally freed from his torture and imprisonment due to ______________.

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

4. The woman in the work camp likes making love to ____________ who are about to die.

5. What did the German resistance fighter lose during his torture at the hands of the Nazis?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the macabre reasoning for Catherine's desire to make love to Elisha at the youth camp in Normandy?

2. What does the beggar do to Elisha when Elisha begs for answers about the meaning of his words?

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

4. What does John Dawson do when Gideon tells him that he is going to die at dawn the next day?

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

6. Why is Elisha positive that John Dawson will not want anything to eat during his time being captured?

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

8. What does John Dawson reveal about his appetite on the last night before his execution?

9. What is ironic about the room in which John is being held as a prisoner?

10. What is strange about the boy that Elisha sees among the dead people who begin to surround him in the room?

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