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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. Elisha wants to ____________ Dawson, otherwise he's killing a man for no reason at all.

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

3. Who offers to break the news of his impending death to John Dawson?

4. Who does Elisha see filing into the room, making the room feel very crowded?

5. What does the assistant barracks leader try to do to Elisha when he discovers what he has done?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Ilana say when she talks about she also kills with her voice? Do they have a choice?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What did Ilana do to narrowly escape her own death, according to her recollection?

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

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 3

In many stories, the ending includes the redemption of those who are right and the slaughter of those who are wrong.

Part 1: Why do you think the author still had Dawson die within this story?

Part 2: How might the story have been different had Dawson been left alive?

Part 3: Do you think this is a realistic story to tell? Why or why not?

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