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

3. Usually Elisha found the _________ of his rabbi, his old master to be reassuring, but not this time.

4. Elisha's master's eyes are like two globes of _________, two suns that burn his face.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does John Dawson do when Gideon tells him that he is going to die at dawn the next day?

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

5. What did Joab do to narrowly escape his own death, according to his recollection?

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

7. What did Gideon do to narrowly escape his own death, according to his recollection?

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

9. What does John Dawson request from Elisha after he begins to pace around the room?

10. Why is Elisha positive that John Dawson will not want anything to eat during his time being captured?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Elisha's main goal in life was to figure out why he was victimized by others, heading to Sorbonne to study philosophy in order to answer these sorts of questions.

Part 1: Why do you think Elisha thought he would find peace in the study of philosophy?

Part 2: What subjects might you try to study if you were attempting to get past a horrible event in your lifetime? Why?

Part 3: Do you think Elisha could have gotten away from his ghosts had he simply studied at Sorbonne? Why or why not?

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

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?

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