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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Swept Away.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Elias's hero?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Elijah.
(c) St. Paul.
(d) Jesus.

2. What happens when the British withdraw from an area?
(a) Zionist push all non-Jewish Palestinians out.
(b) The Arabs push all Jewish Palestinians out.
(c) Zionist set up a ruling counsel of Jews, Christians and Muslims.
(d) The land is vacant and anyone can make a claim.

3. How does the family decide to greet the soldiers?
(a) Defiance.
(b) Resignation.
(c) Fear.
(d) Welcoming.

4. What does the United Nations do in the conflict?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Divide the land fairly with fertile land to each major group.
(c) Give the Zionist eighty percent of all the land.
(d) Divide the land giving the fertile land to the Zionist.

5. What do the residents of Palestine hope?
(a) That an independent state would soon be formed.
(b) That Palestine would be absorbed by a stronger Arab state for greater stability.
(c) That the British would continue their protectorate.
(d) That Palestine would evolve into three different countries.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Zionist soldiers winning against the British?

2. How did the native Jewish inhabitants feel about the actions of the Zionists?

3. Where is Elias on a warm afternoon in 1947?

4. What do the Zionist soldiers tell the people of Biram?

5. Of what does Elias's father make certain?

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