View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tough Miracles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elias think most Europeans believe about Palestine?
(a) That the Jews move into an uninhabited land.
(b) That Palestine was a unreclaimable desert.
(c) That Palestine needed more people.
(d) That Palestine truly belongs to the Jews as God's chosen people.

2. Who is David Ben Gurion?
(a) An orthodox Jew who believed in a peaceful solution in Palestine.
(b) The leader of the Zionist.
(c) An immigrant from the United States
(d) The leader of the original Jewish inhabitants of Palestine.

3. How long does Elias vow he will stay in Ibillin?
(a) One year.
(b) Three months.
(c) One month.
(d) Six months.

4. When do the British withdraw from Palestine completely?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1955.

5. What does Elias expect of the Jews?
(a) That they accept a broader definition of who is God's children.
(b) That they would have more compassion.
(c) That they would see how they had become as those who persecuted them were.
(d) That they would be fair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is happening in the new Jewish government?

2. What is Ibillin?

3. Who is Elias's hero?

4. What sort of stories does Elias's mother teach him?

5. How are the native Palestinians treated?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 270 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample