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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Israel heed the United States's wishes?

2. How do the other seminarians feel about Palestine?

3. What of the Bible is a mystery to Elias?

4. Who is David Ben Gurion?

5. How do the Zionist soldiers act?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was taken out of Gish from Elias's family and who was left?

2. Who did Elias become friends with at the orphanage and what happened when the two of them finished their studies there?

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

4. How did Elias feel about school and where else did he learn what he considered important?

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

6. What did the Bishop suggest for Elias?

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

8. What did Elias see in Jesus and how did he feel about Jesus? How did Elias see his interaction with Jesus?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In "Singled Out," it is the end of 1949, and things had begun to change somewhat. The new Zionist landowners were unschooled in the proper cultivation of the orchards and needed to employ native Palestinians to care for them. Discuss one the following:

1. Compare and contrast Michael's reaction to working in his own orchards as hired help with that of Elias' reaction. Which reaction is more like to how you would feel? Which seems psychologically healthier? Which seems more in line with the doctrines of Christianity?

2. In this same chapter, it states that other villagers left for Haifa, hoping to secure better jobs in the new factories being built by the Jews. What is the irony in both this situation and in that of the former orchard owners working as hired hands in their orchards?

3. How do you think the Jewish families who steal the Palestinian lands justify such actions? Is the land stolen? Or paid for by fair market value? Even if the land is paid for, if the villager does not want to sell but is forced to do so, it that a fair exchange?

Essay Topic 2

Elias found himself seeking out longer periods of solitude, talking to Jesus and praying for the safe return of the village men and boys. It was during this time that he began to feel that the message from Jesus was peace, and he offered himself to that end, if he could be of use. Discuss the following:

1. Most governments and individuals profess to desire peace, yet it seems almost impossible to obtain. What is the reason for the discrepancy between wanting peace and it not happening?

2. Are there some people who really do not want peace? Discuss fully both with examples from the book and other situations.

3. If the world were totally peaceful, would it be as interesting? Why or why not? Discuss fully both with examples from the book and other situations.

Essay Topic 3

Elias Chacour is part of a group of believers who call themselves "Melkite Christians." Discuss the following:

1. Briefly state and analyze the history of Melkite Christians.

2. What do the Melkite Christians believe? Give a brief synopsis.

3. How do they (or do they) differ from the Roman Catholics?

4. Do the Melkite sect still exist today?

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