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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it that Dov says he is going to do when he reaches Palestine?
(a) Join the terrorists and kill British soldiers
(b) Live without fear for his life
(c) Join the Zionists and pray for world peace
(d) Join the terrorists and kill the Germans

2. What does Ari Ben Canaan say will be the fate of the Exodus and her three hundred, two children passengers if she's boarded?
(a) They will all jump overboard
(b) They will all refuse to eat once they're returned to the camps
(c) The dynamite in the engine room will be blown up, killing them all
(d) They'll fight

3. What was the signal that called the Jews of the Pale of Russia to the Sabbath?
(a) There was no signal
(b) A horn
(c) A whistle
(d) A bell

4. Who does Yakov marry?
(a) Karen
(b) Sarah
(c) Rebekah
(d) Ruth

5. What day does Ari choose for the escape?
(a) June 5, 1945
(b) July 17, 1946
(c) The day after an important Jewish holiday
(d) Day six of an official ten-day evacuation

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ari want Kitty to do?

2. What instruction does Ari give Kitty as they enter the tent of the Bedouin sheik?

3. According to Caldwell's twelve-point edict, what should become of the Jewish newspapers and publications?

4. What area is considered the most important place in the Caraolos camp?

5. What's the original name of the Exodus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Major Caldwell's attitude toward Jews.

2. What exchange takes place between Ari and Taha?

3. Describe the traditional Sunday activities of Simon Rabinsky and his family.

4. Describe the exchange between Kitty and Ari when she sees the hog pen at his parent's farm.

5. What is Kitty's response when Mark asks if she's in love with Ari?

6. What name does Ari use when he's taking supplies and what ship is he supposedly taking them for? What's the significance?

7. Who was Andrew Dreyfus and what is the significance of his death for the Jewish community?

8. Describe the significance of the row of toilets in the concentration camp where the Orthodox Jews are being held.

9. What was the expectation when the Arabs sold land to the Jews and what was reality?

10. What is the official role the British play in preparing the Exodus to sail?

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