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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What sort of stories does Elias's mother teach him?
(a) Stories about Mohammed and Abraham.
(b) Stories of her childhood in another country.
(c) Bible stories.
(d) Stories about the history of the Arabs.

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

4. How does Elias feel about school?
(a) He hates it.
(b) He is indifferent to school.
(c) He believes school and the church are too intertwined.
(d) He loves it.

5. What do the Christians in Biram believe about the Jews?
(a) They are the crucifiers of Jesus.
(b) They have their own ways and have no connection to the Chrisitans.
(c) They are heretics.
(d) Their lives are bound up with the Jewish people.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the residents of Palestine hope?

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

4. Since when has Palestine been under British rule?

5. How much are the Palestinians that are removed from their land compensated?

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