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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What group attracts the attention of Yakov and Jossi?
(a) The Lovers of Zionism
(b) The Zion Elite
(c) The Jewish Fellowship
(d) The Freedom Fighters

2. What is the illness that strikes many of those living on the farm with Barak and his family, and which causes the first two deaths on the farm?
(a) Polio
(b) Malaria
(c) Diptheria
(d) Exhaustion

3. Who does Yakov marry?
(a) Ruth
(b) Karen
(c) Sarah
(d) Rebekah

4. What kinds of jobs do Yakov and Jossi find around the city of Jaffa?
(a) Dock hands, field hands and movers for those leaving the city
(b) Teachers and keepers of God's laws
(c) Guides for those who want to reach Palestine
(d) Dock hands, field workers or overseers and rockmasons

5. What does Ari's name mean?
(a) Son of a Lion
(b) Lion, Son of Canaan
(c) Lion, Son of God
(d) One from Canaan

6. What fate does Karen learn befell her mother and brothers?
(a) They died in a children's compound
(b) They were all terminated at Dachau
(c) They remain interred at La Ciotat
(d) They were gassed at Auschwitz

7. What role does Kitty play aboard the Exodus during the hunger strike?
(a) She nurses those who have passed out from lack of food
(b) She prays
(c) She smuggles in food
(d) She rescues children, one at a time, by ferrying them to safety

8. What weapon does Ari carry when he takes a second trip Asta?
(a) A spear
(b) A Toran
(c) A bullwhip
(d) A gun

9. What is the question facing Kitty as the exodus prepares to sail?
(a) Whether she loves Mark Parker
(b) Whether to go to Palesting alone or with the Exodus
(c) Whether to go to Palestine or cut ties with Karen
(d) Whether to fly or sail to the Riveria

10. What does Dov do upon his arrival at Auschwitz that saves his life?
(a) He says he's a master forger and proves it
(b) He pleads with a doctor to spare his life
(c) He says he's a master forger but refuses to use the skill
(d) He impressses a guard with his forgery

11. What does Sarah name the son she bears while her husband, Jossi, is in hiding?
(a) Rabin
(b) David
(c) Ari
(d) Canaan

12. What was the statue in the middle of the camp where Karen and the other refuges from the Exodus live?
(a) A fountarin
(b) A life-sized statue of Dafna
(c) A garden in Dafna's honor
(d) A life-sized statue of Ari

13. What does Simon say is the purpose of a Jew?
(a) To study the Toran
(b) To live in harmony
(c) To guard the laws of God
(d) To protect the synagogue

14. What special talent does Yakov's wife have?
(a) Tending children
(b) Tending the dairy cows
(c) Tending the vegetable garden
(d) Tending the hogs

15. What area is considered the most important place in the Caraolos camp?
(a) The children's compound
(b) The toilet area
(c) The Orthodox Jew area
(d) The gate

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the name of Fort Esther come to be?

2. What name does Bruce Sutherland give to the plan to evacuate nonessential British personnel from Palestine?

3. What does Ari want Kitty to do?

4. Where are the sick children taken immediately after the standoff with the Exodus ends?

5. What is the original name of the village where Ari and Dafna serve?

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