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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. After befriending a Jewish junkyard dealer, what language does Ishmael learn to read?
(a) Hebrew.
(b) Arabic.
(c) French.
(d) English.

2. Who does Ibrahim have find out why the Jews flooded the canals?
(a) Ishmael.
(b) Farouk.
(c) Roge.
(d) Fawzi.

3. What part of Palestine did Fawzi Kabir sell most of to the Jews?
(a) Tabah.
(b) Avalon valley.
(c) Kabira.
(d) Red Sea beaches.

4. Where does an Arab attack a woman in 1925 that causes everyone to worry about a revenge attack?
(a) A synagogue.
(b) A kibbutz.
(c) Mecca.
(d) The town center.

5. What did Ishmael's mother encourage him to do when he was staying with her?
(a) Write his father often.
(b) Learn a trade.
(c) Steal from the market.
(d) Get a good education.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before he agrees to send him to school, what does Ibrahim tell Ishmael his future will be?

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

3. While on his deathbed in Chapter 1, what does Ibrahim's father give him?

4. Why is Ibrahim nervous about attacking the Jews when they first arrive?

5. Where does Heusseini have a villa?

(see the answer key)

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