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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. What is John Dawson staring at when Elisha enters his room to meet him?

2. What does John Dawson continue to do as Elisha raises his revolver to shoot him?

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

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

5. The boy tells Elisha, "You are the ________ of all that we have been," as Elisha begs for answers.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is strange about the boy that Elisha sees among the dead people who begin to surround him in the room?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ilana has a radio broadcast that talks about the idea that certain deaths are meaningful and others are not.

Part 1: Why do you think some deaths are more meaningful than others?

Part 2: Why do you think Ilana condemns the British government for the death of John Dawson?

Part 3: Isn't Ilana's logic incorrect? Why does she praise a death that the Movement does not necessarily want to occur?

Essay Topic 2

The lines between what is wrong and what is right are blurred in this story as both sides have a compelling case based on their beliefs.

Part 1: Why do you think killing is thought to be okay in certain situations?

Part 2: Do you agree that killing in the name of a belief is right? Why or why not?

Part 3: What do you think the Movement also could have done to get David back?

Essay Topic 3

Elisha is a survivor of a Nazi work camp, and yet he becomes a killer for a group of people with strong beliefs - much like the Nazis preached.

Part 1: Why do you think Elisha didn't just walk away from the ideas of Gad?

Part 2: Why can't Elisha see that what he is doing is just as wrong as what the Nazis did to him and to others?

Part 3: Why do you think Elisha may have been more vulnerable to the words of Gad?

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