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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the significance of Latrun?
(a) It has no significance
(b) It is the key to protecting or attaching Jerusalem
(c) It is the site of Arab arms storage
(d) It is the stronghold at the border of the new state

2. How had the Jews reclaimed the alkaline land of Beth Ha-Arava?
(a) By bringing in new soil and creating a dam system
(b) By hauling in fertilizer and creating cisterns
(c) By piping in water
(d) By washing the soil and creating dams and cisterns

3. Who takes over Fort Esther when the British evacuate?
(a) The children of Gan Dafna
(b) The United Nations
(c) The Jews
(d) The Arabs

4. What code name is given to the flights flown by Tex to bring in refugees?
(a) Operaion Genesis
(b) Operation Stretch
(c) Operation Magic Carpet
(d) Operation Exodus

5. What item does Kitty hand Karen that convinces Karen's decision to go to America?
(a) Adoption papers
(b) Money
(c) The photo of Ben Solomon
(d) Dov's letter

6. What is the fate of the seventy-seven Jewish doctors accompanying a Red Cross convoy that is attacked by the Arabs?
(a) They are taken hostage
(b) They are hanged
(c) They are tortured for information
(d) They are killed and hacked to pieces

7. What advice does Ari give the farmers at Shoshanna bloc to aid in their battle against the Arabs?
(a) To flee
(b) To call for everyone to join in their fight
(c) To use anger and Maltov cocktails
(d) To make homemade ammunition and guns

8. What "thorny" problem remains after the end of the war?
(a) The Arab refugees
(b) The loss of Jewish holy places
(c) The question of what the Jewish people should now do
(d) The question of what to do with the weapons

9. What does Jordana do when she learns of David's death?
(a) Goes alone to Abu Yesha for four hours
(b) Goes to her mother
(c) Goes to Jerusalem
(d) Cries in Kitty's arms

10. What is the fate of the crew aboard the ship carrying arms from Naples?
(a) They are put on a raft, given a compass and set adrift
(b) They are al killed
(c) They are given the opportunity to join the Jewish army
(d) They are forced to walk the plank

11. What symbol is on the flags used by the British military?
(a) A skull and cross bones
(b) A green leaf on red and white background
(c) The Union Jack
(d) The Stars and Stripes

12. What role does Karen play in the performance that recreates the history of the Jews?
(a) Deborah
(b) Ruth
(c) Mary
(d) Dafna

13. What is the purpose of setting off firecrackers during the attack on Gan Dafna?
(a) To make the attackers believe there are more guns than there are
(b) To make the attackers believe there's a nearby celebration
(c) To mask the screams from the younger children of Gan Dafna
(d) To rally the children of Gan Dafna

14. What order does Ari give once the village of Taha is destroyed?
(a) To claim it
(b) To destroy it
(c) To turn it over to the British
(d) To bury the dead

15. What challenge does Ari pose to Kitty at the Galilean Hotel?
(a) To beat him at cards
(b) To race to a specific tree
(c) To swim to the raft
(d) To remain in Palestine

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ari give Zev?

2. Who is the Jewish girl being tortured by Major Caldwell's men while he plays bride at the British Officer's Club?

3. Where is the headquarters of Ari's command located?

4. How does Ari know that an attack against Gan Dafna is imminent?

5. What is the first country to recognize the Jewish declaration of independence?

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