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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 does Taha say that Ari must do to prove they are truly brothers?
(a) Give him Jordana
(b) Take a blood oath
(c) Take him to Fort Esther
(d) Give him arms

2. Where is Barak sent from Flushing Meadow?
(a) To America
(b) To Gan Dafna
(c) To France
(d) To Czechoslovakia

3. What is the first country to recognize the Jewish declaration of independence?
(a) Egypt
(b) Britain
(c) The United States
(d) Spain

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Ari give the farmers at Shoshanna bloc to aid in their battle against the Arabs?

2. What is the departure point for the two place tickets Kitty has?

3. What does Kitty suggest should be done with babies and the younger children in the event of a siege?

4. Why is the landing of the arms shipment by the Maccabees a problem?

5. What is Dov working on when he and Akiva are captured?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the policy and the attitude of Israel as refugees pour in?

2. What problem is created with the advance of the Jewish armies and the fall of Arab strongholds?

3. What does Dov tell Karen about his desire to live during his time in the jail and hiding in the mountains?

4. What are some of the issues faced by the pilot called Tex during his flight with the one hundred forty-two Yemenites?

5. What effect does the radio cast have on the Jewish forces?

6. What is the effect of the rescue of Dov and Akiva on the British?

7. What happens to the weapons aboard the Vesuvius and to the ship?

8. What ploy had been used to rally the Arabs? Does it work?

9. What action do the Palmach night patrols take that makes life miserable for the Arabs in Safed and why is it successful?

10. What risky plan is concocted to get children out of Gan Dafna?

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