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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Bread of Orphans.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was increasingly happening to non-Jewish Palestinians?
(a) They were being herded into concentration camps.
(b) They were becoming refugees in their own land.
(c) They were cooperating with the Zionist out of fear.
(d) They were living peacefully alongside the Zionist.

2. What do the Christians who remain in Jerusalem continue to believe?
(a) That Jesus is a human with godlike qualities.
(b) That God designated Jerusalem as the city of salvation.
(c) That Jesus is God.
(d) That Jesus is a metaphor for how one should live.

3. How do the Zionist act after the British leave?
(a) They enact fair laws to protect the original inhabitants of Palestine.
(b) They retreat to a small area around Jerusalem.
(c) They start developing their land and leave the other groups alone.
(d) They grab land that is not theirs blowing up villages in the process.

4. To whom does Michael speak?
(a) The Zionist soldiers.
(b) The leaders of the new Arab Palestinian movement.
(c) The Church Bishop.
(d) God.

5. Why are Michael and his brothers outraged?
(a) That they are employed on land that they own.
(b) That the orchards have been cared for so poorly.
(c) That they get paid a pittance.
(d) That the Jewish landowner does not even live on the land.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elias realize that warm afternoon?

2. Why do the Arab villages through which the men of Biram travel offer no help?

3. How does the family decide to greet the soldiers?

4. Where are Zionist soldiers winning against the British?

5. When do the British withdraw from Palestine completely?

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