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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 group attracts the attention of Yakov and Jossi?

2. What information is given from the ship regarding the hunger strike?

3. Who does Kitty encounter pacing back and forth in the makeshift hospital as she leaves Karen's room?

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

5. What job does Kitty hold at the camp where Karen and the other children live?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Karen Hansen Clement grow up?

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

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

4. How do Jakov and Jossi escape when they are cornered by a group of students intent on beating them up?

5. What is Ben Solomon's fate?

6. When journalist Theodor Herzl hears the cry of "Death to all Jews," he comes to the conclusion that was echoed by many other Jews. What was that conclusion?

7. What is the full quote Mark sees upon his arrival to Cyprus, and where does it come from?

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the number, "359295?" What was the purpose and the long-range impact of this and other similar numbers?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the relationship between Yakov and Jossi. How does it change over the course of time?

Essay Topic 3

Ari encounters a man named Captain Allan Bridges who warns Ari that he is being watched. What does Ari say about the man after he leaves? What does this say about the complex relationships between the warring factions?

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