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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 the emotion that Ilana holds for John Dawson, the soldier?

2. What is NOT one of the adjectives one might use to describe the city at the time Elisha is experiencing it?

3. The leaders of England feel that a pardon will be interpreted as a sign of ____________ and that it will encourage other young idealists.

4. In what area does Elisha spend time in a youth camp after moving to his new country?

5. How is David ben Moshe scheduled to die according to the judgment of military law?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Elisha, the main character, come to be in France after the events of WWII?

2. How have the fighters of the Movement been attacking the English by surprise?

3. What does Ilana say about the two deaths of the two men who are to be executed?

4. What is the lesson that the beggar taught Elisha when he was walking through the dark?

5. What will happen to David ben Moshe as a result of his capture by the English?

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

7. What happens when Gad offers Elisha a future when he visits with him one fateful day?

8. What does Elisha know about the man who is residing in the hiding place where Elisha is?

9. What was the goal of the first rad that Elisha went on as a part of the Movement?

10. Why does Gad want Elisha to join the Movement of Jews who are fighting against the English?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gad is seen as someone who changes Elisha's life, but an outsider might also see his actions as attempting to brainwash the boy.

Part 1: How is Gad like a messenger in Elisha's life? How does he speak to Elisha in a way that reaches him?

Part 2: In what ways is Gad brainwashing the boy? Do you think this is being done on purpose?

Part 3: Do you think Gad is brainwashed by his own ideas? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Ilana and Gideon look upon Dawson with kindness and with compassion, which seems odd as they are agreeing to kill him.

Part 1: Why do you think Gideon and Ilana seem to harbor no ill will toward Dawson in the story?

Part 2: How would you react if you were in the same room as a person who was going to die?

Part 3: Why do you think the group has not told Dawson he is going to die until he does?

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