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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What work does Ibrahim do in Nablus?
(a) Unloading Iraqi trucks.
(b) Tearing down buildings.
(c) Translating books.
(d) Building Iranian fences.

2. Where do Ibrahim and his family find refuge in Tulkarm?
(a) A manger.
(b) A refugee shelter.
(c) An olive grove.
(d) An apple orchard.

3. What causes people to die at the Aqbat Jabar refugee camp?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Attacks.
(d) Disease.

4. Who does Ibrahim tell that Taji accepted a position with the Saudi government?
(a) Maan.
(b) Gideon.
(c) Taji.
(d) Ishmael.

5. How does Ibrahim manage to arrange a meeting with the mayor of Nablus?
(a) Gideon arranges it.
(b) The mayor wants to meet the leader of Tabah.
(c) Ishmael forges a letter from an army captain.
(d) Ibrahim saves the life of the mayor's son.

6. When Kabir meets with Rahman to discuss the Zurich conference, who does Kabir feel can be bribed?
(a) Ibrahim.
(b) Taji.
(c) Ishmael.
(d) Maan.

7. Where is Kabir's elegant villa?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Zurich.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

8. What convention does Maan tell Ibrahim he wants to hold?
(a) A convention for Jews.
(b) A convention for rebuilding cities.
(c) A convention for refugees.
(d) A convention for people who need jobs.

9. While at the refugee camp in Jericho, who is the only member of Ibrahim's group that is working?
(a) Ibrahim.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Ishmael.
(d) Sabri.

10. What does Ibrahim begin to call his section of the refugee camp in Jericho?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Tabah.
(c) Haven.
(d) Safety.

11. When Mudhil gives Ibrahim the supplies and money he needs to travel to Zurich, who does he say will help if they run out of money in Zurich?
(a) Taji.
(b) His cousin.
(c) Gideon.
(d) Kabir.

12. What does Per Olson convince Ibrahim to do in the refugee camps?
(a) Start planting farms.
(b) Have people build things themselves.
(c) Start religious ceremonies.
(d) Have people start riots.

13. Why does Ishmael want Nada to learn to read and write?
(a) She will need the skills in the future.
(b) So she won't be so bored.
(c) So she can pretend to be a boy.
(d) So she can make money as a scribe.

14. How does the Arab League respond when Jordan annexees West Bank?
(a) They start a war over it.
(b) They support it.
(c) They ignore it.
(d) They denounce it.

15. Who does Ibrahim get a job for after the United Nations gave him a committee position at the refugee camps?
(a) Gideon.
(b) Ishmael.
(c) Omar.
(d) Kamal.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 3, Chapter 6, what does Ibrahim come to realize about Tabah?

2. How do Ibrahim and his family keep the Bedouin away while they are in Jericho?

3. How does Nada describe the woman she works for?

4. While in the refugee camps in Jericho, where does Ibrahim say he is a prisoner?

5. Why does Zyyad want control of the West Bank?

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