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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What job does Ibrahim find for Nada with the United Nations in Amman?
(a) Caretaker for children.
(b) Delivery girl.
(c) Waitress.
(d) Secretary.

5. What is Nuri Mudhil a professor of?
(a) Archaeology.
(b) Biology.
(c) Literature.
(d) History.

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

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

8. What does Ibrahim discuss with Sheik Taji and Charles Maan?
(a) Starting a war with Jordan.
(b) Control over Palestine.
(c) Egypt's tyranny.
(d) Moving to England.

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

10. What do Ishmael, Sabri, and Nada find in the cave they explore that is above their own?
(a) Animal bones and fabric.
(b) Silver and gold.
(c) A little money and food.
(d) Skeltons and metal objects.

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

12. Where does Ibrahim plan to stay while avoiding going to Jordan?
(a) Rooftops.
(b) Caves.
(c) In their truck.
(d) Friend's houses.

13. In Part 4, Chapter 17, why do Ibrahim and Hagar earn new respect?
(a) Ishmael's reading skills.
(b) Jamil's death.
(c) Their small forture.
(d) Their work with the Jews.

14. What happens shortly after the Arabs capture the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem?
(a) The Jews start fighting back.
(b) The Russians get involved.
(c) The Arabs take Tabah.
(d) The British step in.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ibrahim send away so he won't have to become part of the Jordanian army?

2. What does Ibrahim use to build a house at the Jericho refugee camp?

3. In Part 5, Chapter 1, who takes care of Ishmael while his father is away?

4. Who does Ibrahim get a job for after the United Nations gave him a committee position at the refugee camps?

5. How does Ursula kill a Persian guest before Ibrahim kills Kabir?

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