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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year is it when Farouk tells Ibrahim that the Jews are coming?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1954.

2. What does Gideon Asch tell Ibrahim the Jews are planning to do with the land they purchased?
(a) Build hospitals.
(b) Start a chain of hotels.
(c) Build new roads.
(d) Start a farm.

3. What happens a few days before the Arab Higher Committee forms?
(a) An Arab riot.
(b) Jews smash the windows of a Mosque.
(c) A sand storm.
(d) Mufti build a fortress.

4. In Chapter 5, why do sirens go off near the Jewish settlement?
(a) Because someone has broken in.
(b) Because there is a storm.
(c) Because someone has stolen something.
(d) Because the Arabs attack.

5. What does Gideon tell his friends and family to do after his first visit with the Arabs in Tabah?
(a) To go home.
(b) To build a fence.
(c) To get guns.
(d) To start a fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Fawzi Kabir dines with Ibrahim in his tents, what does Ibrahim ask for help with?

2. Who sides with the Germans as World War II was starting?

3. Why is Ibrahim nervous about attacking the Jews when they first arrive?

4. When Ibrahim watches the Jewish settlers build terraces for farming, what does he wonder?

5. Where does Heusseini have a villa?

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