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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 spurs the farmers at Shoshanna bloc to such anger that they rout the Arabs?

2. What sentence is passed on Dov and Akiva?

3. What name is given to the war?

4. What is Kitty's response when Jordana thanks her for caring for Ari?

5. What is the password on the night Dov Landau returns to Gan Dafna?

Short Essay Questions

1. What action do the Palmach night patrols take that makes life miserable for the Arabs in Safed and why is it successful?

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

8. How does the newspaper in Tel Aviv report about the battles being won by the Jews? Why?

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

10. What two things happen in Karen's life that make Kitty believe she now has a chance of taking the girl to America?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Gan Dafna.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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