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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 do the English not have of Ilana, which has made it difficult for anyone to identify her?

2. What is NOT one of the things Joab does during his 48-hour interrogation session?

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

4. Gad owes his life to three ____________ who were supposed to be killed in a specific way as directed by the Old Man.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Elisha tell John Dawson about the meaning of his name after John comments on it?

4. What is ironic about the room in which John is being held as a prisoner?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The media begins to circulate reports about the escalating tension between the two groups and their respective prisoners.

Part 1: In what ways does the media help the situation which is taking place in the story? Or don't they?

Part 2: Why do you think people rely on the media to help them in hostage situations?

Part 3: Do you think the media's intentions are completely pure in these sorts of situations? Why or why not?

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