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

2. Where does Elisha encounter the old beggar who tells him a story he has not forgotten?

3. Ilana's broadcasts are a product of the _______________, the men find out.

4. Gad and David are childhood friends who entered the __________ together.

5. Elisha seeks to explore questions such as why he was ___________, where God is to be found, etc.

Short Essay Questions

1. How can one tell the different between night and day time, according to the beggar in Elisha's memory?

2. What do several masked instructors teach to the new recruits when they arrive in Palestine?

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

4. Why does Gad want Elisha to join the Movement of Jews who are fighting against the English?

5. What is the lesson that the beggar taught Elisha when he was walking through the dark?

6. How does Elisha rationalize the killing of others in the name of the Movement, even though scripture condemns it?

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

8. What happens to Elisha after he spends a month in a youth camp in Normandy, France?

9. What was the goal of the first rad that Elisha went on as a part of the Movement?

10. What is the face the Elisha sees the evening that takes place in this chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

While some people seem to have peaceful ideas of how to resolve the situation with the prisoners, others think otherwise.

Part 1: What is the value of trying to resolve the situation with the other side in a peaceful way?

Part 2: What is the benefit of resolving the situation in a violent way?

Part 3: What will change once violence has been done in the name of a Movement?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

According to all of the people who are guarding Dawson, they have cheated death in many a situation.

Part 1: Why do you think the author thought it was important for the characters to mention the fact that they had cheated death?

Part 2: Do you feel more or less sympathetic for these people as they speak about their brushes with death?

Part 3: Have you ever cheated death? How did that make you feel afterward? If not you, then someone else?

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