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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. What does Elias realize that warm afternoon?

2. Who is Faraj Nakhleh?

3. What contributes to the poor reputation of the Palestinians?

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

5. Who of Elias's family is taken by the Irgun?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens in Palestine when the United Nations steps into the conflict?

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

4. What type of study did Elias and his friend study at the seminary and how did Elias feel about it?

5. What did Elias begin to do after so many people were taken from the village of Gish? What did he believe about the situation?

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

7. With what was Elias suspected of doing by Zionist soldiers and what was the final outcome of that accusation?

8. What did Michael Chacour begin to realize about Elias and what did he do about it?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As a youngster, Elias loves to hear about Jesus and his miracles from his mother. Discuss the following:

1. Trace and analyze the young Elias' religious involvement. How influential is his early religious life on who he becomes? Does his spirituality seem sincere? Why or why not?

2. Elias has difficulty understanding the Beatitudes. What are the Beatitudes? State them. Choose two of them to interpret in light of your own beliefs.

3. Discuss Elias' view of Jesus and how Elias comes to be either like or not like the image Elias holds of Jesus.

Essay Topic 2

Elias himself was the victim of the Zionists, when he and his friends were singled out as culprits in the cutting of a telephone line. He and his father were interrogated for hours and Elias beaten. Though it was later discovered that a truck had inadvertently driven over the wire, severing it, there was never an apology or an admission of a mistake. Discuss the following:

1. What might an apology have done to the situation? Why do you think the Zionist do not offer one?

2. Are hours of interrogation and a beating overboard for the offense? Why or why not?

3. In response to these events, Elias chooses to retreat to solitude, again talking to Jesus and coming to the conclusion that somehow he would become a part of God's plan for peace. Do you think this is a worthwhile plan? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Upon Biram villagers settling in Gish and making attempts to live in the substandard remaining housing, the Irgun arrive and force all the men and older boys into trucks for delivery to some unknown location. This "cleansing" of Palestine for the Jewish state went almost unrecorded in the journalistic media of the day. Discuss the following:

1. How biased is the press in general? Are most journalists able to stay emotionally uninvolved? Why or why not.

2. What are some of the possible reasons the press ignores the actions of the Zionist and Irgun? Analyze each reason and discuss if the reason is valid.

3. Discuss one other example of "cleansing" that has taken place in the world. What are the similarities and differences from that which takes place in Palestine?

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