1. What does the Israeli Supreme Court rule when the elders of Biram file a petition for permission to return to their homes?
(a) It is denied.
(b) It is granted.
(c) It is shelved until the Jewish state is more stable.
(d) It is put into limbo in the hopes the elders of Biram will give up.

2. What do the seminarians believe the Zionist's mission should be?
(a) Clear Palestine of potential terrorists.
(b) Convert to Christianity.
(c) Make peace with the native Palestinians and give back the land the Zionist stole.
(d) Eschew violence.

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

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

5. What is Elias's primary desire?
(a) To become a lawyer to fight the Zionist legally.
(b) To return to his home in Biram.
(c) For his parents to return to Biram and their former life of orchard care and serenity.
(d) To fight in the underground liberation group.