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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. ____________ tells Elisha that John Dawson doesn't know he will be executed in the morning.
(a) Joab
(b) Gideon
(c) Gad
(d) Ilana

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

3. Who takes Elisha's arm and tells him to talk to the boy who looks like the Elisha of before?
(a) His mother
(b) His father
(c) Beggar
(d) The rabbi

4. Elisha's mother used to tell him there was a ____________ that would guide and protect him everywhere he goes.
(a) God
(b) Ghost
(c) Messenger
(d) Goat of gold

5. The tattered fragment of darkness has a face, Elisha sees, and that face is ___________.
(a) His rabbi's
(b) His own
(c) His father's
(d) John's

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John Dawson want to do as he is waiting for his execution?

2. What are the positions of the people in the group of men that Gad has to select from?

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

4. What is NOT one of the things Joab does during his 48-hour interrogation session?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How are things different when Elisha returns upstairs after the killing of John Dawson?

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

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

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

5. Who are the people who are sitting around the table at the start of this chapter?

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

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

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

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

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

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