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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Kitty propose happen to the situation between herself and Kitty as they face the possibility of all out war?
(a) That Kitty and Jordana leave together
(b) That they put their personal differences aside
(c) That Kitty train to fight with the children
(d) That Kitty prepare for many wounded

4. What objective is attained when the Arabs bomb an area between the Jewish and Arab strongholds of Safed?
(a) Jews use the rubble for cover during attacks
(b) A clearing is formed so that the Jews have better visibility
(c) A clearing is formed so that the Arabs have clear shots to their Jewish targets
(d) Arabs use the rubble for cover during attacks

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

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

7. What name do the Jews give Wednesday, November 27, 1947?
(a) Day of Death
(b) Black Wednesday
(c) Black Thursday
(d) Wonderful Wednesday

8. Why is Zev not killed once he's caught in the barbed wire?
(a) The soldiers want to save his life
(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 plan to take him alive to torture him

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

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

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

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

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

14. What is Foster McWilliam's occupation?
(a) Farmer
(b) Arms dealer
(c) Pilot
(d) Crab fisherman

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What Hebrew name does Dov take for his own?

2. What does Ari learn about the situation in Jerusalem from Avidan?

3. What weapon is given to the people of Safed?

4. Shipments of guns and other weapons arrive aboard what plane?

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

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