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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 is NOT one of the torture methods used on Gideon during a time when he was arrested?
(a) Matches lit under fingernails
(b) Beard pulled
(c) Drowned in a bucket
(d) Face spat on

2. Elisha wants to ____________ Dawson, otherwise he's killing a man for no reason at all.
(a) Scare
(b) Challenge
(c) Hate
(d) Love

3. Elisha's master's eyes are like two globes of _________, two suns that burn his face.
(a) Lava
(b) Coal
(c) Water
(d) Fire

4. What does John Dawson want to tell Elisha even as the pistol is raised?
(a) His sins
(b) A Bible story
(c) A limerick
(d) A funny story

5. Where did Joab hide in order to flee from a neighbor who was against the movement?
(a) School
(b) A friend's house
(c) Insane asylum
(d) Cave

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What time is it when Ilana and Joab comment about how it's the longest night they've ever lived through?

4. Elisha was named for a man who was a prophet of ____________, as he explains.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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