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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elias ask of his congregation?
(a) Money for improvments for the village well and windmill.
(b) To forgive the Jews.
(c) To start rebuilding the homes that were destroyed.
(d) To act like Christians and forgive each other.

2. Who is Thomas Herzl?
(a) The leader of them moderate Jews opposed to Zionism.
(b) The founder of the Zionist movement.
(c) The Zionist leader to whom Elias asks about Zionism.
(d) The leader of a faction of European Jews who want all Jews to move to Palestine.

3. What is Biram like?
(a) There is no evidence that there has ever been a village there.
(b) A few families are still living there.
(c) Thriving.
(d) Abandoned.

4. What does the conflict between Israel and Egypt at this time become known as?
(a) The 100 days' war.
(b) The six days' war.
(c) The 30 days' war.
(d) The war of the prophets.

5. Upon what does Elias embark?
(a) A letter-writing campaign to the Bishop for reassignment.
(b) A letter-writing campaign to the Jewish authorities for protection.
(c) Visiting every household in the village.
(d) Fixing up the church building.

6. What does Israel do in retaliation?
(a) Appeals to the United Nations.
(b) Executes any Egyptian citizens found in Jerusalem.
(c) Sends thousand of Palestinian refugees into Egypt.
(d) Bombs Egypt and other Arab nations's ports.

7. What is Ibillin?
(a) The village where Elias's family now lives.
(b) The village closest to Biram.
(c) A town where much fighting is occurring.
(d) The village to which Elais is assigned.

8. What does Elias think most Europeans believe about Palestine?
(a) That Palestine needed more people.
(b) That Palestine was a unreclaimable desert.
(c) That Palestine truly belongs to the Jews as God's chosen people.
(d) That the Jews move into an uninhabited land.

9. What does Elias ask of Westerners?
(a) Search for a means that both sides can win.
(b) Stay out of the conflict.
(c) Stop thinking that Arabs are the only terrorists in the situation.
(d) Ask hard questions of Israel.

10. What is Elias read to do?
(a) Leave the priesthood.
(b) Join the fedayeen.
(c) File a large class-action suit.
(d) Leave Israel.

11. What happens to a village as a result of Elias' intercession?
(a) Nuns move in to provide health care, parenting instruction, and schooling to all children.
(b) They decide to send their children for education in Jewish schools.
(c) They decide to hold a forgiveness rally.
(d) They decide to hold a peace rally.

12. After his ordination, what does Elias receive?
(a) A ring symbolizing his new life.
(b) A choice of things to do.
(c) His inheritance from his father.
(d) His first assignment.

13. Who mourned together?
(a) Christians and Muslims.
(b) No one as there is too much rancor.
(c) Muslims and Christians.
(d) Jews and Palestinians.

14. What does Elias hold as he thinks of Sabra and Shatila?
(a) His dead mother's necklace.
(b) His dead sister's last letter.
(c) His dead friend's last letter.
(d) A dove to release.

15. Of what are those who are killed accused?
(a) Being part of the PLO.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Being of the wrong religion.
(d) Being of the wrong ethnic group.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elias call upon the Palestinians to do?

2. What does the Responsible do when his support begins to erode?

3. What does Elias establish in Ibillin?

4. Who rules Palestine until the end of WWI?

5. How are the native Palestinians treated?

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