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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. What is the last word on John's lips at his execution?
(a) Little boy
(b) Elisha
(c) Son
(d) Poor boy

2. What did the German resistance fighter lose during his torture at the hands of the Nazis?
(a) His right foot
(b) His left hand
(c) His eye
(d) His right hand

3. Who beats Elisha to bringing the food down to John Dawson?
(a) Joab
(b) Gideon
(c) Gad
(d) Ilana

4. The boy tells Elisha that the ________ are hungry as Elisha considers taking food to Dawson.
(a) Dead
(b) Living
(c) Enemy armies
(d) Gods

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Elisha says that it is ___________ to kill a complete stranger, which is why he wants to see Dawson.

2. Who is NOT one of the people sitting around the table, thinking about David ben Moshe?

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

4. The boy tells Elisha the people are here to witness Elisha become a __________ at dawn tomorrow.

5. When it is time, Elisha sees a __________ giving absolution to David.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who are some of the dead people that Elisha begins to see in the room around him?

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

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

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

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

8. Why does John Dawson appear to pity Elisha instead of being mad at him?

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

10. What does Gideon reveal to Elisha about John Dawson, which surprises Elisha?

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