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

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

3. What does Elias show at the opening of each community center?
(a) The film called The Diary of Anne Frank.
(b) The film called Schlinder's List.
(c) The film called The Hiding Place.
(d) A film documentary about the Holocaust.

4. What is disturbing to Elias about the Western Europeans' perspectives on the Palestinian issue?
(a) It is based on so little truth but is believed so strongly.
(b) It is vastly divergent from his experience.
(c) It is so inaccurate.
(d) It is so prejudicial in favor of the Jews.

5. Why do the Arab villages through which the men of Biram travel offer no help?
(a) They think they are thieves.
(b) They are afraid for their own safety.
(c) They have nothing to offer the men.
(d) They think the Zionist deserve the land.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elias do to better understand the situation in Palestine?

2. What leads to violence between the Zionist and native Palestinians during the 1930s?

3. Who is Thomas Herzl?

4. With what is Elias temporarily elated?

5. How do further land reforms harm the Palestinians?

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