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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes the villagers anxiety?
(a) That the British will take their improvements when they leave.
(b) That the earthquake may have relocated part of the artisian system.
(c) That it is soldiers and not civilians coming to the village.
(d) That the British will no longer help their village.

2. Where do the children in Biram attend school?
(a) In the neighboring town.
(b) In the village square.
(c) In a small city about twenty kilometers away.
(d) In the church.

3. Since when has Palestine been under British rule?
(a) The Late 1800's.
(b) The 1920's.
(c) Since 1902.
(d) The 1930's.

4. What story does Elias's father explain to his children?
(a) About Hitler and the Holocaust in Europe.
(b) About the way the British obtained rule of the area.
(c) About the reason the people want the British to continue to rule their country.
(d) About the effects of the last large earthquake in the region.

5. What church does Elias Chacour's family attend?
(a) Seven Day Adventists.
(b) Hebrew Synagogue.
(c) Melkite Christian.
(d) Jehovah's Witness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the residents of Palestine hope?

2. For what is the purchase?

3. What do the Christians who remain in Jerusalem continue to believe?

4. What happens when the British withdraw from an area?

5. What of the Bible is a mystery to Elias?

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