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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 idea does Jossi want to implement on the farms?
(a) To farm only dry-weather crops that can survive the climate
(b) To operate them as a self-sustaining commune
(c) To abandon the idea of crops in favor of crafts
(d) To use slaves as labor

2. What is the question facing Kitty as the exodus prepares to sail?
(a) Whether to go to Palesting alone or with the Exodus
(b) Whether to fly or sail to the Riveria
(c) Whether she loves Mark Parker
(d) Whether to go to Palestine or cut ties with Karen

3. What was Theodor Herzl's financial condition?
(a) He made lots of money with his writing, so was wealthy in his own right
(b) His wife was wealthy and provided him sufficient money
(c) He was from a wealthy family
(d) He was very poor

4. Who is the young Jewish boy Major Caldwell is charged with transporting to Jerusalem?
(a) Ben Husseini
(b) Ben Barak
(c) Ben Solomon
(d) Ben Canaan

5. Why does Karen say the Jews are being aided in their quest to reach Palestine?
(a) To live in concentration camps
(b) To be human experiments
(c) To provide free labor on civil projects
(d) To serve as soldiers to fight the Arabs

Short Answer Questions

1. What does David Ben Ami's name mean?

2. What special talent does Yakov's wife have?

3. What name was given to the plan of evacuating nonessential British personnel from Palestine?

4. What name does Bruce Sutherland give to the plan to evacuate nonessential British personnel from Palestine?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What two things make Dov determined to go on after his capture from the Warsaw ghetto?

2. Why are Palestine geography lessons given in the children's compound of the Caraolos camp?

3. Where did Karen Hansen Clement grow up?

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

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

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

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

8. What is the fate of Dafna?

9. What exchange takes place between Ari and Taha?

10. David, one of the adults aboard the Exodus, is asked whether they should give in to demands and return the children to port. What is his reply?

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