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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 favor does Barak ask of Ari?

2. How many of the United Nations vote for partition of a Jewish state?

3. What ploy is used to board the ship carrying the arms from Naples?

4. What is the name given to the Jewish state in Palestine?

5. What weapon do the Arabs come to believe the Jewish people have at their disposal?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kitty feel fear when she sees Karen leading the parade?

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

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

4. What is the question facing the Jews after they are granted a state?

5. What activities occupy the Jews forced to live underground in the Huleh Valley? What impact does this have on the people?

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

7. Describe the last ditch effort of the Arabs to overrun Tirat Tsvi.

8. What Biblical scene is compared to the death of Major Fred Caldwell?

9. Why is it that the Israeli army isn't attacking all Arab villages?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Gan Dafna.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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