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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 NOT one of the torture methods used on Gideon during a time when he was arrested?

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

3. Elisha says that it is ___________ to kill a complete stranger, which is why he wants to see Dawson.

4. Elisha comments that Dawson's hands are the hands of a _______________.

5. What is the last word on John's lips at his execution?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Ilana has a radio broadcast that talks about the idea that certain deaths are meaningful and others are not.

Part 1: Why do you think some deaths are more meaningful than others?

Part 2: Why do you think Ilana condemns the British government for the death of John Dawson?

Part 3: Isn't Ilana's logic incorrect? Why does she praise a death that the Movement does not necessarily want to occur?

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