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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Irgun ultimately carry out?
(a) A mandate to resolve the Palestinian issue in a fair way.
(b) Genocide.
(c) A peaceful solution.
(d) A short war to show their power.

2. What of the Bible is a mystery to Elias?
(a) The miracles of healing by Jesus.
(b) The Beatitudes.
(c) The story of Joseph.
(d) The story of Issac and Essau.

3. Where is Elias on a warm afternoon in 1947?
(a) In Constantinople.
(b) In Jerusalem.
(c) Sitting high in his favorite tree.
(d) In Beruit.

4. What does Elias wonder about happiness?
(a) How one could feel happy in poverty or grief.
(b) Why happiness is not important.
(c) Why his friends who are not religious were happy.
(d) How a god that is unseen can give you happiness.

5. What does Elias see in Jesus?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Judgement.
(c) Strength.
(d) Hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What soldiers would be coming to the village?

2. How does Elias feel about school?

3. Who is David Ben Gurion?

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

5. What does Elias's father purchase?

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