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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happened when Gideon is held captive and tortured for giving information to the British?
(a) His hand was cut off.
(b) He was sent into exile.
(c) His family was tortured also.
(d) He was killed.

3. How did the Jews respond to the first offer of a partitioned country?
(a) They were not included in it.
(b) They turned it down immediately.
(c) They counter-offered.
(d) They agreed to it.

4. What does Gideon Asch tell Ibrahim the Jews are planning to do with the land they purchased?
(a) Build hospitals.
(b) Build new roads.
(c) Start a chain of hotels.
(d) Start a farm.

5. According to Gideon, what is Islam used as an excuse for?
(a) Failure to secure a good government.
(b) Lack of water.
(c) Lack of respect in the United Nations.
(d) Failure to use the land well.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Arab well not have any water in it?

2. Why is one of Ibrahim's villagers captured by Mufti and Mujahedeen?

3. What part of Palestine did Fawzi Kabir sell most of to the Jews?

4. What happens a few days before the Arab Higher Committee forms?

5. Why do Gideon and Foote meet at a restaurant in Jerusalem?

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