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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item is Simon Rabinsky trying to retrieve when he is killed?

2. What are the ages of the children aboard the ship?

3. Where is Mark told to go upon his arrival?

4. What was the name of Kitty's daughter?

5. What role does Kitty play aboard the Exodus during the hunger strike?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the answer to the question of how to raise children born on the commune farms?

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

3. What are the reactions of Jakov and Jossi to the death of their father?

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

5. Where did Karen Hansen Clement grow up?

6. What are Kamaal's conditions of the sale of land to the Jews?

7. 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?

8. Who ranks at the top of list of Jews being taken out of Europe under Ari's supervision as the war begins in Germany?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the fate of Dov's family? What is the impact on Dov?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the instances of "divine inspiration" and cases in which prophecies of the Bible seem to be fulfilled during the war.

Essay Topic 3

Explain what was meant by the sign on the ship, The Star of David, that reads "Hitler murdered us and the British won't let us in." Put the statement into the context of this story and into the historical context.

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