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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 name is used to purchase a plane for transporting arms to Palestine?

2. What is the fate of the seventy-seven Jewish doctors accompanying a Red Cross convoy that is attacked by the Arabs?

3. What code name is given to the flights flown by Tex to bring in refugees?

4. What does Jordana do when she learns of David's death?

5. Why is the landing of the arms shipment by the Maccabees a problem?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the effect of the rescue of Dov and Akiva on the British?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Compare the lives of the children who live at Gan Dafna to that of the lives of children at the detention camp in Cyprus.

Essay Topic 2

Why is the ideal of Israel and home so important to many of the Jews?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Gan Dafna.

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