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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Work, For the Night is Coming.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Israeli Supreme Court rule when the elders of Biram file a petition for permission to return to their homes?
(a) It is shelved until the Jewish state is more stable.
(b) It is granted.
(c) It is put into limbo in the hopes the elders of Biram will give up.
(d) It is denied.

2. Where do many of the villagers go?
(a) Iran.
(b) Haifa.
(c) The United States.
(d) Jerusalem.

3. Who is Thomas Herzl?
(a) The founder of the Zionist movement.
(b) The leader of them moderate Jews opposed to Zionism.
(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.

4. Who of Elias's family is taken by the Irgun?
(a) Only his one older brother.
(b) Only both his older brothers.
(c) His father and three older brothers.
(d) Only his father.

5. What does Elias decide to do at the end of the chapter "Singled out?"
(a) To convert to Judaism.
(b) To move to the United States.
(c) To find a peaceful way to respond to the situation.
(d) To fight as a terrorist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Zionist landowners employ native Palestinians?

2. What does Elias do with a monetary gift from a grateful village?

3. How does Elias feel about the situation with the Palestinians?

4. What does Elias establish in Ibillin?

5. What happens to a village as a result of Elias' intercession?

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