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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 do the Jews say it would take for Jaffa to remain a safe city?

2. Where does Heusseini have a villa?

3. Who rescues Ibrahim and his family in Part 2, Chapter 16?

4. After the first failed attack, where does Ibrahim go to watch the Jewish settlers every day?

5. What business do Ibrahim and his brother Farouk own?

Short Essay Questions

1. What surprises the Arabs when they attack the Jews for the first time?

2. What happens when Ibrahim goes to the bank to withdraw money to pay for the boat he needs to go to Gaza?

3. What is Gideon's role after the news of the Jewish death camps?

4. Why does Ibrahim have a feast for Kabir when he arrived in Tabah?

5. What happens when Ibrahim refuses to give money or men to the Mufti and the Arab Higher Committee?

6. What is Ishmael's childhood like?

7. What happens when Mercedes arrives in Tabah on Christmas day?

8. What happens when Bockmann visits the Mufti in Jerusalem in 1937?

9. In Chapter 16, what do Sheik Azziz and Ibrahim discuss during their trip?

10. What do the Jews do to prepare their land for farming?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the impact of being migrant? Explore the migrant tribes and the refugees and examine the affect a migratory life has on the people and the places they visit. How is this important to the overall Arab condition?

Essay Topic 2

Explore the symbolism of Ibrahim's dagger. Consider how Ibrahim came to own it and all the action it sees throughout the novel. What does the dagger represent?

Essay Topic 3

Nada defies the role her father wants her to have, and therefore she shames the family and must die. Explain what Nada represents in this novel and how she changes throughout the course of the book.

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