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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ibrahim plan to pay for the boat to take his villagers to Gaza?
(a) By selling supplies.
(b) By borrowing money from Kabir.
(c) By stealing the boat.
(d) By offering bribes.

2. Where does Heusseini have a villa?
(a) Tabah.
(b) Ramallah.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Jerusalem.

3. What does Abdullah want to do with Jerusalem?
(a) Threaten the leaders.
(b) Give it to the Jews.
(c) Burn it.
(d) Annex it.

4. Why is Kaukji seeking revenge against Tabah?
(a) Because there are too many Jews there.
(b) Because they wouldn't pay him a tax.
(c) Because of his failed attack against them.
(d) Because he thinks they starting the war.

5. What number wife is Hagar for Ibrahim?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) They aren't married.

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

7. How do the Christian Arabs feel about Kaukji's attacks?
(a) They wanted no part of them.
(b) They wanted to help the Arabs.
(c) They wanted to help the Jews.
(d) They were didn't know anything about the attacks.

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

9. What do most Arabs think about the United Nations' plan for a partition of Palestine?
(a) They thought it would not pass.
(b) They wanted to help create it.
(c) They thought it was a great idea.
(d) They thought the British were behind it.

10. How do the Mujahedeen raise money for Mufti?
(a) Gambling and bribing.
(b) Fundraising and investing.
(c) Extortion and looting.
(d) They start a storefront to launder cash.

11. Who sides with the Germans as World War II was starting?
(a) The Syrians.
(b) The Arabs.
(c) The Iraqis.
(d) The Jews.

12. What was the retaliation for Deir Yassin following the Irgun attack?
(a) Arabs attacked a kibbutz.
(b) Arabs attacked a school.
(c) Arabs attacked a medical convey.
(d) Arabs attacked Gideon's house.

13. Where do Ibrahim and his friends and family listen to the news on the radio as Germany begins taking over countries?
(a) At Gideon's.
(b) At Ibrahim's shop.
(c) At city hall.
(d) At the library.

14. After the first failed attack, where does Ibrahim go to watch the Jewish settlers every day?
(a) The cave.
(b) The mountain.
(c) The center of town.
(d) The knoll.

15. When Fawzi Kabir dines with Ibrahim in his tents, what does Ibrahim ask for help with?
(a) Paying his rent.
(b) Establishing guards.
(c) Starting a farm.
(d) Building a road.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Tabah considered an enemy village to Gideon?

2. Where does an Arab attack a woman in 1925 that causes everyone to worry about a revenge attack?

3. What is the name of the King of Jordan's army?

4. In Chapter 12, who is said to have "firmly established a new era and a new principle"?

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

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