2. What was increasingly happening to non-Jewish Palestinians?
(a) They were living peacefully alongside the Zionist.
(b) They were becoming refugees in their own land.
(c) They were being herded into concentration camps.
(d) They were cooperating with the Zionist out of fear.

3. What contributes to the poor reputation of the Palestinians?
(a) The Fedayeen groups.
(b) The torture and maiming of Zionist soldiers by the terrorists Palestinians.
(c) The court cases that were going against them.
(d) The propaganda that the Zionists spread.

4. What does Elias wonder as he empathizes with the Jews and their treatment by the Third Reich?
(a) How the Jews who went so meekly to their deaths could be the same ethnic group as the Zionists that murder hundreds.
(b) Why the Jews did not rise up in mass and fight.
(c) Why the good, average Germans allowed it to happen.
(d) Why, when they had been so persecuted, they would choose to exhibit the same behaviors toward others in Israel.

5. What do the Zionist soldiers tell the people of Biram?
(a) That the villagers are in no danger.
(b) That the Irgun will soon be arriving.
(c) That the Irgun want to buy their land for a fair price.
(d) That the Zionist soldiers would soon leave.

6. Where do Elias and his friend Faraj decide to go?
(a) To Jerusalem.
(b) To Biram.
(c) To England.
(d) To the United States.

7. Why do they end up in Paris?
(a) The French are interested in helping the native Palestinians regain their land.
(b) They want out of the Middle East and it is the only option at the moment.
(c) They are offered full scholarships to law school there.
(d) They are unable to go to their original destination.

8. What does Elias begin to write?
(a) A fictionalized account of the horrors of Zionism.
(b) Letters to the leaders of Palestine.
(c) Letters to Jesus.
(d) A book about a boy and how he finds peace.

9. Where does Elias travel for a retreat?
(a) Swizerland.
(b) Italy.
(c) England.
(d) Germany.

10. What do Elias and Faraj find lacking in their rather clinical studies?
(a) A sense of awe.
(b) Depth of knowledge by the teachers.
(c) Spirituality.
(d) A sense of community.

11. Why does Israel heed the United States's wishes?
(a) The U.S. has nuclear arms.
(b) The U.S. would not hesitate to support the Arabs if Jewish Israel does not align with the U.S.
(c) Israel does not pay attention to the U.S. demands.
(d) They know that support from America was critical to its survival.

12. What do the residents of Palestine hope?
(a) That the British would continue their protectorate.
(b) That an independent state would soon be formed.
(c) That Palestine would evolve into three different countries.
(d) That Palestine would be absorbed by a stronger Arab state for greater stability.

13. What is one challenge Elias and Faraj encounter in Paris?
(a) The language.
(b) The size of the city.
(c) The customs.
(d) They were young and did not find their new home challenging.

14. What does Faraj say is the problem with Western theology?
(a) That it is exclusive.
(b) The idea of man being the center of all things.
(c) The idea that man is equal to God.
(d) The belief that God is impersonal.

15. Who is Faraj Nakhleh?
(a) Michael's brother-in-law.
(b) A fellow student with Elias.
(c) The man Elias's sister wants to marry.
(d) Elias's uncle by marriage.