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

2. Gideon talks about taking something to _______________ to John Dawson.
(a) Read
(b) Wear
(c) Eat
(d) Drink

3. Who is the women in her mid-twenties that Elisha met while at the work camp in France?
(a) Juliana
(b) Marienne
(c) Catherine
(d) Julia

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

5. What are the positions of the people in the group of men that Gad has to select from?
(a) Sergeants
(b) Revolutionaries
(c) Rabbis
(d) Teachers

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes Elisha's arm and tells him to talk to the boy who looks like the Elisha of before?

2. What does Gad reply when Elisha asks what he would have done if the men hadn't made a choice?

3. Elisha comments that Dawson's hands are the hands of a _______________.

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

5. Usually Elisha found the _________ of his rabbi, his old master to be reassuring, but not this time.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Ilana say when she talks about she also kills with her voice? Do they have a choice?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What did Elisha do to narrowly escape his own death, according to his recollection?

10. What is the first question John Dawson asks after Elisha and John stare at each other for a while?

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