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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John Dawson want to do as he is waiting for his execution?
(a) See the sky
(b) Write a note to his son
(c) Kill himself
(d) Talk his way out of execution

2. What is the profession of an old friend of Joab's that helps him with hiding from his neighbor?
(a) Lawyer
(b) Soldier
(c) Superintendent
(d) Librarian

3. _____________ is praying for the repose of the dead when Elisha comes upstairs.
(a) Gad
(b) Joab
(c) Gideon
(d) Ilana

4. What is the question Dawson then asks, surprising Elisha in the process?
(a) Are you the Old Man in my dreams?
(b) Are you a believer in God?
(c) Are you the one?
(d) Are you Elisha?

5. Who offers to break the news of his impending death to John Dawson?
(a) Gideon
(b) Ilana
(c) Elisha
(d) Gad

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John Dawson say when Gideon asked him if he was hungry?

2. Who urges Elisha to go take the food down to John Dawson?

3. The boy tells Elisha the people are here to witness Elisha become a __________ at dawn tomorrow.

4. What is the name of the radio program that Ilana creates on a regular basis?

5. What is NOT one of the things that John Dawson asks Elisha to bring him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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