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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 is the name of the ship going from Naples with a cargo of guns?

2. What challenge does Ari pose to Kitty at the Galilean Hotel?

3. Who meets Kitty at a nearby motel after she nurses Ari back to health?

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

5. What name do the Jews give Wednesday, November 27, 1947?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What "artificial" ammunition is used by Ari in his quest to protect Gan Dafna and why?

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

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

6. After the raid, Akiva is shot. Why does he then say that he must be taken to some hidden place?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the concentration camps as seen by David as he tries to figure out how to get 300 people out of them.

Essay Topic 2

Describe life in the commune farms established by the Jews. What are the pros and cons of these?

Essay Topic 3

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

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