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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where had the men been taken?
(a) To slave in reclaiming desert land.
(b) The Saudi Arabian border.
(c) The Jordanian border.
(d) To prisons in Jerusalem.

3. What church does Elias Chacour's family attend?
(a) Seven Day Adventists.
(b) Hebrew Synagogue.
(c) Jehovah's Witness.
(d) Melkite Christian.

4. Who is Elias's hero?
(a) Abraham.
(b) St. Paul.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Elijah.

5. Where does Elias go after his initial education?
(a) Home.
(b) To join the Army.
(c) Seminary.
(d) Law school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Elias immersed in at his new home?

2. Why do they end up in Paris?

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

4. Where is Elias on a warm afternoon in 1947?

5. What are the Christians called who remain in Jerusalem?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the other seminarians in Paris where Elias went to farther his education view the Palestinian situation and Palestinians in general?

2. What did a second Supreme Court rule about the town of Biram and what happened after that ruling?

3. What did the new Jewish landowners find out about their land and what did they do about it?

4. What did the Zionist soldiers tell the people in Elias's hometown and how did they respond?

5. Who are the Zionist soldiers battling in Palestine in the late 1940's and what is the result of those battles?

6. What were the three important principles Elias learned from his father as stated in the section, Treasures of the Heart?

7. What did Elias' father explain about the Jews coming to the town?

8. What did the Bishop suggest for Elias?

9. Under whose rule was Palestine since the 1930's, what kind of people was the population, how did they get along and how did the residents feel about themselves after World War II?

10. How did Elias and his friend find the studies in Paris?

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