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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Bruce Sutherland stay in Safed?
(a) A bomb shelter
(b) An underground bunker
(c) A villa
(d) Ramerez's resort hotel

2. Where is Barak sent from Flushing Meadow?
(a) To France
(b) To America
(c) To Gan Dafna
(d) To Czechoslovakia

3. What does Ari say Safed has become?
(a) A symbol of defiance
(b) A symbol of liberty
(c) A problem
(d) A defensive nightmare

4. What is the first attack against the ship carrying arms from Naples?
(a) Bombs dropped by planes
(b) A plea to remain in the port
(c) A firefight at sea
(d) Mines planted on its sides

5. What does David say exists that could help get supplies to Jerusalem?
(a) A river
(b) A company of American tanks
(c) A landing strip for supply planes
(d) An old Roman road

6. What excuse is used for Kitty, Karen and the children to travel to Daliyat where Ari is injured?
(a) That there's a wedding
(b) That there's a funeral
(c) That there's a farewell party for Kitty
(d) That Ari is injured

7. What ballet performance do Kitty, Karen and Bruce Sutherland attend at the Habima National Theater?
(a) The Nutcracker
(b) Giselle
(c) Swam Lake
(d) Sleeping Beauty

8. What tool does Kitty use to make the incision into Ari's leg?
(a) A machette
(b) A sharpened stone
(c) A small knife
(d) A razorblade

9. What sentence is passed on Dov and Akiva?
(a) They are to be shot
(b) They are to be hanged
(c) They are to be released
(d) They are to be killed in gas chambers

10. Who meets Kitty at a nearby motel after she nurses Ari back to health?
(a) Bruce Sutherland
(b) Dov Landau
(c) Jordana Ben Canaan
(d) Karen

11. What disease attacks Barak?
(a) Heart trouble
(b) Cancer
(c) Arthritis
(d) Ulcers

12. 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

13. What code name is given to Micky Marcus, the American army colonel who joins the Israelis?
(a) Pebble
(b) Rock
(c) Beach
(d) Stone

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Foster McWilliam's occupation?

2. What name is given to the war?

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

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

5. What does Ari say he hears "twenty times a day" from those under his command?

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