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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Homs specialize in manufacturing?
(a) Metal products.
(b) Cotton and wool.
(c) Brocaded silks.
(d) Wood products.

2. Without ________, Lawrence and his group cannot get to Wadi Khalid.
(a) Abd el Kathum.
(b) Abd el Kalil.
(c) Abd el Kafared.
(d) Abd el Kader.

3. How much is the Turkish reward for British officers, dead or alive?
(a) One hundred pounds.
(b) Two hundred pounds.
(c) Four hundred pounds.
(d) Three hundred pounds.

4. Tafileh is an important town only if what city falls?
(a) Haas.
(b) Beyrout.
(c) Damascus.
(d) Jericho.

5. How much does Lawrence pay Abdulla per month to be his bodyguard?
(a) Ten pounds.
(b) Seven pounds.
(c) Five pounds.
(d) Six pounds.

6. When Lawrence and his group leave Auda and travel past the Jefer flats, they are attacked by a raiding party from where?
(a) Sebn Darmut.
(b) Sebn Shakat.
(c) Zebn Harrual.
(d) Zebn Sukhur.

7. Lawrence, Thorne, and others survey the train line, navigating through the dark using a compass and what?
(a) Sounds.
(b) Map.
(c) Nothing but a compass.
(d) Star of Orion.

8. What is the name of the base engineer who goes with Lawrence and Ali to mine bridges?
(a) Benson.
(b) Darby.
(c) Lloyd.
(d) Wood.

9. While at Bair after leaving Aba el Lissan, Lawrence learns that the Turks have retaken what city?
(a) Tafileh.
(b) Deraa.
(c) Yerba.
(d) Yorbuk.

10. Joyce finds out that Lawrence plans to go to Azrak after cutting the railway lines at Deraa on what day?
(a) September 6.
(b) September 16.
(c) September 10.
(d) September 1.

11. How much gold does Colonel Clayton give Lawrence and his group to take back to Akaba?
(a) Six thousand pounds.
(b) Sixteen thousand pounds.
(c) Six hundred pounds.
(d) Sixteen hundred pounds.

12. How long will Lawrence and Dawnay need to travel from Deraa to Aba el Lissan?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Eight weeks.
(d) Three weeks.

13. Back at the Guweira camp, Lawrence received how much gold from Akaba for expenses in the Dead Sea campaign?
(a) 30,000 pounds.
(b) 20,000 pounds.
(c) 40,000 pounds.
(d) 50,000 pounds.

14. Due to the state of ruin in Akaba, what condition is present?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Disease.
(c) Pestilence.
(d) Lack of water.

15. In Book VI, what kind of transportation is Lloyd provided for his journey?
(a) Travel by air.
(b) A truck.
(c) Travel by train.
(d) A camel.

Short Answer Questions

1. In November 1917, Allenby was staging a move against what front?

2. Lawrence plans to go to Madeba and join Allenby in order to take what road?

3. If Lawrence and his group cannot get to Wadi Khalid, they will have to try to blow up the bridge at what location?

4. After Lawrence gets into a fight in Deraa, he is ordered to Allenby by what method?

5. Allenby wants the plan to take out the two extreme ends of the railroad bridges in Yarmuk completed by when?

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