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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 Hebrew name does Dov take for his own?

2. What promise is given the captain of the ship carrying arms from Naples?

3. What item does Kitty hand Karen that convinces Karen's decision to go to America?

4. What promise is given regarding the ship's position within the harbor at Naples?

5. Where are the inhabitants of Gan Dafna hiding during the shelling of their town?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What advice does Akiva give Dov when Karen comes to visit and why?

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

6. What does Barak point out about the options the fleeing Arabs have available?

7. What is the purpose of Ari's plan to have the British take a convoy of trucks to Gan Dafna knowing that the officials there won't evacuate?

8. What is the conversation that takes place between Ari and Kitty after he begins to recover?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the twelve-point document written by Major Caldwell outlining his proposed action against Jews to the report written by Barak examining the Arab refugee situation.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Gan Dafna.

Essay Topic 3

Compare Jordana's loss of David, Ari's loss of Dafna and Kitty's loss of her husband. How are they the same? How do the situations differ?

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