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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elias hold as he thinks of Sabra and Shatila?
(a) His dead sister's last letter.
(b) His dead friend's last letter.
(c) A dove to release.
(d) His dead mother's necklace.

2. What is the Zionists' reply to the argument that wherever they establish a State of Israel, there would already be people living there?
(a) They would force resettlement of those peoples.
(b) They would give the people more-than-fair prices for their land and help them relocate.
(c) They said God would take care of the problem.
(d) They would negotiate peaceful co-existance.

3. What starts appearing at the door to Elias' residence?
(a) Materials to make his place more comfortable.
(b) Daily food gifts.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Young children to ask him about Jesus.

4. What is the state of the physical church building?
(a) In ruins.
(b) It is kept up quite well.
(c) It is fine but quite filthy.
(d) There never was a church building there.

5. Who mourned together?
(a) Muslims and Christians.
(b) No one as there is too much rancor.
(c) Christians and Muslims.
(d) Jews and Palestinians.

6. Into what does the Fedayeen unite?
(a) They have too many factions to unite.
(b) The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO.)
(c) The United Palestine Liberation Militia (UPLM.)
(d) The country of Palestine.

7. Upon what does Elias embark?
(a) Visiting every household in the village.
(b) Fixing up the church building.
(c) A letter-writing campaign to the Bishop for reassignment.
(d) A letter-writing campaign to the Jewish authorities for protection.

8. How does Elias say the Jews justify taking Palestinian land?
(a) Because they must live somewhere.
(b) On the basis of the wrongs they have suffered in the past.
(c) Because God gave them the land thousands of years ago.
(d) Because they think the Palestinians do not deserve so much land.

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

10. What does Elias decide to do?
(a) Leave.
(b) Rebuild the church.
(c) Make the church interdenominational.
(d) Let the groups work things out among themselves.

11. What do the sisters start for the children?
(a) Bible school.
(b) After school activities.
(c) Kindergarten.
(d) Building a playground.

12. For what does Elias receive numerous offers?
(a) University teaching positions.
(b) Numerous jobs in every sector.
(c) Legal assistance.
(d) Citizenship in other countries.

13. What action must the Jews take according to Elias?
(a) Stop believing everyone hates them.
(b) Find another way to survive rather than taking what is not theirs.
(c) Stop taking land.
(d) Right the wrongs and return stolen land.

14. What percentage of non-Jewish communities existed in Palestine at the time of the Balfour Declaration of 1917?
(a) 25.
(b) 55.
(c) 92.
(d) 66.

15. What leads to violence between the Zionist and native Palestinians during the 1930s?
(a) The other Arab countries sending in small groups of men to help the native Palestinians.
(b) Wholesale slaughter of native Palestinians by the Zionist.
(c) Illegal seizure of lands by the Zionist.
(d) Increased immigration of Jews into Palestine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event greatly increases support for the Zionist movement in Europe after WWII?

2. What does Elias think most Europeans believe about Palestine?

3. What act by the Fedayeen worsens the situation terribly for Palestinians?

4. What does the conflict between Israel and Egypt at this time become known as?

5. Why does Elias go to talk with the Roman Catholic sisters in Nazareth?

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