Dawn Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Dawn Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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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. In Hassidic legends, the ______________ is always portrayed standing, according to Elisha's understanding.

2. How many people came along on the first raid in which Elisha participated?

3. Gad and David are childhood friends who entered the __________ together.

4. Who comes knocking at Elisha's door just as he is asking questions of the world and his place in it?

5. Elisha learns from his first raid that it is not easy to play the part of ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Elisha rationalize the killing of others in the name of the Movement, even though scripture condemns it?

2. What is the subject that Elisha wants to study when he is enrolled at Sorbonne in Paris?

3. What does the English army do in response to the kidnapping of Captain John Dawson?

4. What are some of the basic ideas of the Movement's ideology as taught to recruits by Gad?

5. Describe the city setting at the start of the story when Elisha is standing near a window.

6. How can one tell the different between night and day time, according to the beggar in Elisha's memory?

7. What are some of the operations that Elisha has taken part in since his arrival in Palestine?

8. What was the decision of the Old Man that Gad relayed to Elisha an hour earlier in the first chapter?

9. What does Ilana say to John Dawson's mother during her radio program?

10. What is the cellar of the two story building somewhere between Ramat-Gan and Tel Aviv used for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The lines between what is wrong and what is right are blurred in this story as both sides have a compelling case based on their beliefs.

Part 1: Why do you think killing is thought to be okay in certain situations?

Part 2: Do you agree that killing in the name of a belief is right? Why or why not?

Part 3: What do you think the Movement also could have done to get David back?

Essay Topic 2

Elisha is a survivor of a Nazi work camp, and yet he becomes a killer for a group of people with strong beliefs - much like the Nazis preached.

Part 1: Why do you think Elisha didn't just walk away from the ideas of Gad?

Part 2: Why can't Elisha see that what he is doing is just as wrong as what the Nazis did to him and to others?

Part 3: Why do you think Elisha may have been more vulnerable to the words of Gad?

Essay Topic 3

Facing the man he is to kill is not a simple task for Elisa, nor would many people consider it a simple task.

Part 1: Why do you think Elisha wants to face the man he is told he will kill in the morning?

Part 2: Why do you think Dawson tries to talk with Elisha before he dies?

Part 3: Would you have been able to sit and talk with the man who you were about to kill? Why or why not?

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