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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is David ben Moshe scheduled to die according to the judgment of military law?

2. To Elisha, ______________ was more of a sacred ideal than an actual place or a political slogan to them.

3. One can distinguish between night and day by looking at a man's ___________, according to the beggar.

4. A ____________ delegation is received at the White House where the U.S. president promises to help as well.

5. David ben Moshe's death sentence is the __________ death sentence the mandatory power in Palestine has imposed on the people of the Movement.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the basic ideas of the Movement's ideology as taught to recruits by Gad?

2. What does Elisha envy in the Old Man, regardless of what he instructs them to do for the cause?

3. What will happen to David ben Moshe as a result of his capture by the English?

4. What does the English army do in response to the kidnapping of Captain John Dawson?

5. What does Elisha know about the man who is residing in the hiding place where Elisha is?

6. What happens when Gad offers Elisha a future when he visits with him one fateful day?

7. What is the cellar of the two story building somewhere between Ramat-Gan and Tel Aviv used for?

8. Why didn't Elisha want to return to his native town where his family used to live?

9. What makes Elisha feel uneasy about Gad when Gad first enters his life at his furnished flat?

10. What is the eleventh commandment that is taught to the recruits by a masked man with a soft voice?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The story of the beggar has stayed with Elisha throughout his life, causing him to be less than afraid of the dark.

Part 1: Why do you think the story of the beggar has stayed with Elisha throughout the years?

Part 2: Do you think the beggar could have been symbolic of something else in Elisha's life? If so, what?

Part 3: What made you not be afraid of the dark anymore? Did a certain person teach you not to be afraid?

Essay Topic 2

Pride seems to be a large part of the decisions which are being made in this story. People do things because they think they should, not because they want to do them necessarily.

Part 1: Why do you think the movements believe that they have to act a certain way?

Part 2: What do you think might happen if a side did back down? How would this be a bad thing for them?

Part 3: Do you think pride is a major cause of world struggles? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Elisha seems to be a simple character, someone who is going to kill someone else, even though it's not clear at first why he needs to do this.

Part 1: Why do you think Elisha thinks it's okay for the prisoner to die?

Part 2: Why do you think Elisa believes killing in general is okay?

Part 3: Why didn't Elisha just refuse to kill the prisoner when he was told to do so?

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