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

2. What was the name of the paper in which Theodor Herzl put down his ideas about the need for establishing a Jewish nation?
(a) The Paris Chronicle
(b) The Star of David
(c) The Jewish Nation
(d) The Jewish State

3. What is the illness that strikes many of those living on the farm with Barak and his family, and which causes the first two deaths on the farm?
(a) Polio
(b) Malaria
(c) Diptheria
(d) Exhaustion

4. What name is given to the farm where Barak and his family go to live?
(a) Eden
(b) Yad El
(c) Yard of Plenty
(d) God's Garden

5. What is Dov's job during his stay in Auschwitz?
(a) He creates documents to fool the Jewish people
(b) He makes one and five dollar bills
(c) He doesn't have a job
(d) He leads the daily writing lessons

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Yakov and Jossi tell their father they are going when they leave for the secret meeting?

2. What is the task Ari has for Dov Landau?

3. Where are the sick children taken immediately after the standoff with the Exodus ends?

4. Who does Yakov marry?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. After twenty years, the Rabinsky brothers see no change in their new home. What is reason the farms fail?

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

3. What is Ben Solomon's fate?

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

5. What does Simon say about Jakov and Jossi attending the secret meetings?

6. Describe Major Caldwell's attitude toward Jews.

7. What happened to Kitty following the death of her husband and daughter?

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

9. What is the fate of Dafna?

10. How does Karen bring herself into contact with Dov?

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