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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Gamal Abdel Nasser have a successful coup?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Syria.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Lebanon.

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

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

4. How many refugees does Jordan take in?
(a) More than one million.
(b) None.
(c) Two-hundred and fifty thousand.
(d) Half a million.

5. In Part 5, Chapter 1, what makes Ishmael begin to accept reality?
(a) Being away from his father.
(b) Being away from a refugee camp.
(c) Working as a shepherd.
(d) Living in the desert.

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

7. Where is the refugee camp Ibrahim's former villager's want Ibrahim to go to?
(a) Syria.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Lebanon.
(d) Egypt.

8. What does Ibrahim use to build a house at the Jericho refugee camp?
(a) Materials he scavenged from other houses.
(b) Materials given to him by the United Nations.
(c) Materials Ishmael gave him.
(d) Trees that had fallen in the area.

9. When trying to return to Tabah, why can't Ibrahim use the roads to Jericho?
(a) They are too dangerous.
(b) They have been destroyed.
(c) He doesn't have the right papers.
(d) They are for camels only.

10. What does Abdullah do when Jordan takes over the West Bank?
(a) He has a parade.
(b) He closes down refugee camps.
(c) He forms a new army.
(d) He makes new taxes.

11. How does Ursula kill a Persian guest before Ibrahim kills Kabir?
(a) She stabs him.
(b) She shoots him.
(c) She poisons him.
(d) She drowns him.

12. Why does Ibrahim reject all offers of marriage for Nada?
(a) She asks him to.
(b) He wants her to wait until she gets back to Tabah.
(c) He feels that she is too young.
(d) He doesn't want her married to a refugee.

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

14. When Ibrahim finds out his artifacts will go to Hebrew University, where does he ask them to be sent?
(a) Directly to Gideon.
(b) To England.
(c) An Arab institution.
(d) To Ishmael.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While staying in the refugee camp in Jericho, why does Ibrahim go into town every day?

2. 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?

3. How does the Arab League respond when Jordan annexees West Bank?

4. What do Ishmael, Sabri, and Nada find in the cave they explore that is above their own?

5. When Kabir meets with Rahman to discuss the Zurich conference, who does Kabir feel can be bribed?

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