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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. Who takes over Fort Esther when the British evacuate?

2. Where does Bruce Sutherland stay in Safed?

3. What news does Kitty give to Dr. Lieberman on the night before she is to leave for America?

4. What does Ari say he hears "twenty times a day" from those under his command?

5. What disease attacks Barak?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Barak Ben Canaan's task as the Jewish people seek intervention from the United Nations?

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

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

7. Why is Kitty angry over Ari's reaction to Zev's death?

8. 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?

9. What prophecy seems to be fulfilled with the final battle against the Egyptians?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is it that finally brings Kitty and Jordana to a truce? Describe their emerging relationship.

Essay Topic 2

Why was it necessary that the story drop back in time to Russia in 1884 in order to tell the story of Ari? Was it effective to the story?

Essay Topic 3

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

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