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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What favor does Barak ask of Ari?
(a) That Ari save Akiva
(b) That Ari marry and settle down
(c) That Ari keep Kitty from leaving
(d) That Ari continue to fight for their cause

2. Why does Dov turn toward the wall after visiting with Karen?
(a) So no one can see him cry
(b) So he can sleep
(c) So that he doesn't have to look at anyone
(d) So no one will see that he's in love

3. What possession does each of the Yemenite men carry?
(a) A child
(b) Bedding and food
(c) A Torah
(d) A Bible

4. What spurs the farmers at Shoshanna bloc to such anger that they rout the Arabs?
(a) The sight of Jerusalem
(b) The sight of mutilated Jews
(c) The ideal of Palestine
(d) The sight of tanks in their flower beds

5. What is the name used by the radio announcer who declares the Israel has established an independent state?
(a) The Voice of Israel
(b) The Voice of Canaan
(c) The Voice of Barak
(d) The Voice of Ari

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

7. What mistake does Barak say that Ari has made in understanding what Kitty wants from him?
(a) That he doesn't have to crawl to her
(b) That he has mistaken tenderness for weakness
(c) That Kitty really wants only an affair
(d) That he has mistaken love for lust

8. Why do the Arabs choose to attack Tirat Tsiv first?
(a) They believe the Orthodox Jews there will not fight back
(b) They believe they can take doctors hostage from that settlement
(c) They believe the battle will be fierce, therefore more honorable
(d) They believe a loss at that point will demoralize the Jews

9. What does Kitty suggest should be done with babies and the younger children in the event of a siege?
(a) That they be sent ot America
(b) That they be evacuated to someplace safer
(c) That they be hidden in the woods
(d) That they be turned over as hostages to avoid death

10. Why is Zev not killed once he's caught in the barbed wire?
(a) The soldiers plan to take him alive to torture him
(b) The soldiers know Zev will die and don't want to waste ammunition
(c) The soldiers are giving Zev a chance to get away
(d) The soldiers want to save his life

11. Where are the inhabitants of Gan Dafna hiding during the shelling of their town?
(a) In metal buildings
(b) In underground bunkers
(c) In sewers
(d) In a fort

12. What does Dov Landau steal before fleeing to Jerusalem?
(a) Karen's diary
(b) A sacred artifact
(c) A few pieces of gold jewelry
(d) A map

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

14. What happens to the British plan to turn Fort Esther over to the Jews?
(a) The British destroy the fort
(b) The British fire on the Arabs and the Jews
(c) The British change their minds and refuse to leave
(d) The British leave early and the Arabs take the fort

15. Where is the headquarters of Ari's command located?
(a) The Statue of Light
(b) Gan Dafna
(c) The Fountain of Light
(d) The Valley of Light

Short Answer Questions

1. What code name is given to Micky Marcus, the American army colonel who joins the Israelis?

2. Where is Barak sent from Flushing Meadow?

3. What organization is called on to prevent the mass murder of Etzion settlements upon their surrender to the Arabs?

4. How had the Jews reclaimed the alkaline land of Beth Ha-Arava?

5. What does Kitty propose happen to the situation between herself and Kitty as they face the possibility of all out war?

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