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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. At midnight, the dead leave the graveyard to go to the __________, not to pray, but to eat.
(a) Library
(b) Synagogue
(c) Field
(d) Mausoleum

2. What does Ilana call Elisha, though he asks her to stop calling him that?
(a) Poor boy
(b) Silly man
(c) Quiet soul
(d) Zionist

3. The boy tells Elisha the people are here to witness Elisha become a __________ at dawn tomorrow.
(a) Victim
(b) Murderer
(c) Man
(d) God

4. What do the English not have of Ilana, which has made it difficult for anyone to identify her?
(a) A description
(b) A location
(c) A relative
(d) A radio program

5. What time is it when Ilana and Joab comment about how it's the longest night they've ever lived through?
(a) 2:00 AM
(b) 4:00 AM
(c) 1:00 AM
(d) 3:00 AM

Short Answer Questions

1. Elisha wants to impose the image of ____________ torturer on John Dawson, but he cannot.

2. What does Elisha do as John Dawson begins to talk some more?

3. The tattered fragment of darkness has a face, Elisha sees, and that face is ___________.

4. What does Gideon report back about the state of health of John Dawson?

5. What is the first question that Dawson asks Elisha after they stare at each other?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Joab do to narrowly escape his own death, according to his recollection?

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

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

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

5. What did Gad do to narrowly escape his own death, according to his recollection?

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

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

8. Why does the room feel crowded to Elisha as the clock ticks past midnight in the chapter?

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

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

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