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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. ___________ is making murderers out of these people through his action.

2. What does Gad reply when Elisha asks what he would have done if the men hadn't made a choice?

3. What is the question Dawson then asks, surprising Elisha in the process?

4. The tattered fragment of darkness has a face, Elisha sees, and that face is ___________.

5. Gideon talks about taking something to _______________ to John Dawson.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does the Berlin Chief of the Gestapo do to Stefan in order to try to get information from him?

8. What does Gideon reveal to Elisha about John Dawson, which surprises Elisha?

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

10. What happened to Stefan at the concentration camp where Elisha was held as well?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Ilana and Gideon look upon Dawson with kindness and with compassion, which seems odd as they are agreeing to kill him.

Part 1: Why do you think Gideon and Ilana seem to harbor no ill will toward Dawson in the story?

Part 2: How would you react if you were in the same room as a person who was going to die?

Part 3: Why do you think the group has not told Dawson he is going to die until he does?

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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