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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nada do when Ishmael catches her with Sabri?
(a) She hits him with a wrench.
(b) She cries.
(c) She threatens to kill him.
(d) She runs away.

2. What are students taught at Wadi Bakkah School?
(a) How to make money.
(b) Religions of the world.
(c) How to fight a war.
(d) How to read and write English.

3. How does Ishmael feel knowing that Jamil is considered to be a martyr?
(a) Threatened.
(b) Upset.
(c) Confused.
(d) Proud.

4. When does Ibrahim tell Ishmael they must leave Jericho for Tabah?
(a) After Gideon tells him it is time.
(b) After Tabah becomes a British territory.
(c) After the Arab uprising.
(d) After the Arab defeat.

5. Where is the Great Democratic Unity Conference?
(a) London.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Amman.
(d) Jerusalem.

6. While staying in the refugee camp in Jericho, why does Ibrahim go into town every day?
(a) To try to make money.
(b) To find a Jew to talk to Gideon.
(c) To look for work for Ishmael.
(d) To steal supplies.

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

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

9. When does the Zurich conference end?
(a) January.
(b) February.
(c) December.
(d) November.

10. After Nada becomes more militant, where does Ishmael want to take her?
(a) Beirut.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Cairo.

11. How is Sabri able to support his family in Gaza?
(a) Stealing and selling arms.
(b) Working for the Egyptians.
(c) Rebuilding cars.
(d) Printing a newspaper.

12. Who is murdered in July 1951?
(a) Abdullah.
(b) Maan.
(c) The king of Egypt.
(d) Omar.

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

14. In Part 3, Chapter 6, what does Ibrahim come to realize about Tabah?
(a) That it will be part of Isreal.
(b) That the villagers need to go home.
(c) That it will be part of Palestine.
(d) That it's art will be lost.

15. What do the resolutions presented at Charles Maan support?
(a) Working to gain British support.
(b) War with the Jews.
(c) Peace with the Jews.
(d) Bettering the refugee camps.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 4, Chapter 8, whose generation is described as "the generation of liberation"?

2. Who says, "The Palestinian people have never ruled themselves, nor ever attempted to rule themselves"?

3. Why does King Abdullah want peace with the Jews?

4. What work does Ibrahim do in Nablus?

5. In Part 5, Chapter 1, what makes Ishmael begin to accept reality?

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