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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What weapon is given to the people of Safed?
(a) The Big Goliath
(b) Firecrackers
(c) The Little David
(d) The atom bomb

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

4. How does Ari know that an attack against Gan Dafna is imminent?
(a) Trucks filled with guns are moved to Jerusalem
(b) Trucks filled with guns are moved to Fort Esther
(c) Men are moved to Jerusalem
(d) Men are moved to Fort Esther

5. What does Ari give Zev?
(a) A bandage
(b) A gun
(c) A Bible
(d) A grenade

6. What fate does Karen learn has befallen her father?
(a) He was killed in Jerusalem
(b) He was tortured by the Gestapo
(c) He was taken hostage
(d) He was imprisoned for his work with the Maccabees

7. 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 no one will see that he's in love
(d) So that he doesn't have to look at anyone

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

9. 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

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

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

12. What does Kitty discover when she goes to the hotel desk the morning after their argument on the balcony?
(a) That he's not angry with her
(b) That he's waiting for her at the pier
(c) That he's been shot
(d) That he's already checked out

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

14. What is the name for the offensive Ari launches against Fort Esther?
(a) Operation Dafna
(b) Operation Doomsday
(c) Operation Purim
(d) Operation Takeover

15. 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 forced to walk the plank
(c) They are al killed
(d) They are given the opportunity to join the Jewish army

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Ari and Mussa bury Akiva?

2. What does Ari say Safed has become?

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

4. What is the first attack against the ship carrying arms from Naples?

5. Who takes over Fort Esther when the British evacuate?

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