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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Ishmael's brothers feel about him attending school?
(a) They are jealous.
(b) They are shocked.
(c) They think it is funny.
(d) They don't care.

2. What do the Mufti do to cause Arabs to attack the Jewish Quarter?
(a) Threatened them if they didn't do it.
(b) Nothing at all.
(c) Paid them to do it.
(d) Give a speech.

3. What happens a few days before the Arab Higher Committee forms?
(a) A sand storm.
(b) Jews smash the windows of a Mosque.
(c) An Arab riot.
(d) Mufti build a fortress.

4. What does Ibrahim do to the perimeter of his town when the riots and attacks begin to reach the valley of Avalon?
(a) He puts up a brick wall.
(b) He lights it on fire.
(c) He lines it with guards.
(d) He moves his whole town.

5. In Tabah, what does every house have even if the residents can not read?
(a) A cookbook.
(b) A Koran.
(c) A Bible.
(d) Newspapers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Ibrahim and his friends and family listen to the news on the radio as Germany begins taking over countries?

2. In Chapter 5, why do sirens go off near the Jewish settlement?

3. What do most Arabs think about the United Nations' plan for a partition of Palestine?

4. How does news of the Jewish death camps affect Tabah?

5. What does Gideon tell his friends and family to do after his first visit with the Arabs in Tabah?

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