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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Kaukji's attacks on On January 10, 1948, what does he report to his leaders?
(a) That the attacks failed.
(b) That the attacks were successful.
(c) That he wasn't able to get his men out of Syria.
(d) That he captured 50 Jews.

2. How does news of the Jewish death camps affect Tabah?
(a) It didn't affect Tabah at all.
(b) It lead to more Arab sympathy.
(c) It made Jewish and Arab tensions worse.
(d) The people of Tabah never heard of the death camps.

3. As a child, how does Ishmael feel about the Jews?
(a) All his friends are Jewish.
(b) He is not afraid of them.
(c) He hates them.
(d) He isn't aware they exist.

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

5. When Ibrahim watches the Jewish settlers build terraces for farming, what does he wonder?
(a) If they will make more money than the Arabs.
(b) Where they keep coming from.
(c) How they have so many supplies.
(d) How they will get anything to grow.

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

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

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

9. Why does the Arab well not have any water in it?
(a) It has been a very dry year.
(b) Kabir sold the rights to water.
(c) The well was filled with cement.
(d) Ibrahim broke it.

10. When Ibrahim tells the people of Tabah to evacuate, what is Farouk responsible for bringing with him?
(a) Grains.
(b) Livestock.
(c) Books.
(d) Clothing.

11. Who forms the Army of Liberation?
(a) Kaukji.
(b) Abdullah.
(c) Ishmael.
(d) Heuseinni.

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

13. What does kibbutz of Shemesh propose to Ibn Yussuf?
(a) They will can his oil.
(b) They will refer all their customers to him.
(c) They will market his oil.
(d) They will give him half their crops.

14. Why does the British foreign secretary order a blockade of Palestine?
(a) To stop Jewish immigration.
(b) To let more Jews into the area.
(c) To stop Arabs from fleeing.
(d) To protect their investments in the area.

15. Why does Ibrahim get the title "Haj"?
(a) For having a vision.
(b) For striking a deal with the Jews.
(c) For going to Mecca.
(d) For having the most sons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Kaukji tell Ibrahim he must take his people and their tribes?

2. How old is Ishmael when he makes a deal with his brother concerning parcels of land?

3. In Part 2, Chapter 6 what does Kaukji plan to do before the other Arab countries invade?

4. When Fawzi Kabir dines with Ibrahim in his tents, what does Ibrahim ask for help with?

5. Where does Heusseini have a villa?

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