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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the password on the night Dov Landau returns to Gan Dafna?
(a) Don't shoot
(b) Happy Hanuka
(c) Merry Christmas
(d) Happy Holiday

2. What action does Zev lead?
(a) An attack on a neighboring village
(b) An offensive against the rear members of the attackers
(c) A retreat of the younger children
(d) A direct attack on Fort Esther

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

4. What is the first country to recognize the Jewish declaration of independence?
(a) Egypt
(b) Spain
(c) Britain
(d) The United States

5. What two things does Dov touch as he repeats the oath of the Maccabees?
(a) A Toran and a knife
(b) A Bible and a statue
(c) A pistol and a Bible
(d) A Koran and a pistol

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

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

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

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

10. What promise is given the captain of the ship carrying arms from Naples?
(a) That he will be rewarded for information
(b) That they won't sink his ship
(c) That the arms won't be damaged
(d) That he won't be taken prisoner

11. Why is the landing of the arms shipment by the Maccabees a problem?
(a) There's an official truce
(b) The plane has no Israeli clearance
(c) The plane is carrying infectious disease
(d) The plane is carrying an atom bomb

12. What item is given to Major Caldwell when he says that he had no role in the death of Ben Solomon?
(a) A photo of the boy's decapitated body
(b) An article about the event
(c) A memo from Caldwell's office on the event
(d) A lock of the boy's hair

13. What is the name of the ship going from Naples with a cargo of guns?
(a) The Barak
(b) The Exodus
(c) The Versuvius
(d) The Liberator

14. Where is the room Dov finds in Jerusalem?
(a) Jaffa Road
(b) Dome of the Rock
(c) Landau Street
(d) The Street of the Chain

15. What is the first phase of the defense of Gan Dafna?
(a) A minefield that will send the attackers back
(b) A minefield that will drive the attackers into a small area
(c) Snipers
(d) A barage of canon power

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where are Dov and Akiva held after their capture?

3. What disease attacks Barak?

4. What objective is attained when the Arabs bomb an area between the Jewish and Arab strongholds of Safed?

5. What name is used for Jerusalem?

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