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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. Who is the German resistance fighter that Elisha met in Buchenwald?

2. Who is no longer yawning when Elisha goes upstairs after the execution?

3. Due to a ventilation system, Dawson's room is actually much less ___________ than the room above.

4. What was the profession of the German resistance fighter from #163 that Elisha met?

5. What did the German resistance fighter lose during his torture at the hands of the Nazis?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does the boy tell Elisha about all of the faces that Elisha sees around him in the room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Even in the face of pain and suffering, people in the Movement do not die - at least among the group of five.

Part 1: How do you think the five feel about their brushes with death?

Part 2: What do you think the Movement thinks about all of these brushes with death?

Part 3: Do you think these five have just been lucky or has divine intervention played a part?

Essay Topic 3

The cries of the child echo throughout the city, giving Elisha something to think about.

Part 1: What might the cries of the child signify to Elisha and to the story as a whole?

Part 2: In what ways is Elisha still a child in this story? Why?

Part 3: Do you think the cries of the child would change your mind if you were in Elisha's shoes? Why or why not?

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