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

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

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

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

6. How does Ishmael feel about King Abdullah in Part 5, Chapter 6?
(a) The thinks King Abdullah will lose the war.
(b) He feels like a prisoner of King Abdullah.
(c) He feels like the long lost son of King Abdullah.
(d) He thinks King Abdullah is going to save the Arab world.

7. What will happen if the Jews attack the Egyptians?
(a) They won't receive American aid.
(b) They will clearly lose.
(c) They will anger the Arabs.
(d) They will easily increase Israel's size.

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

9. How does Nada describe the woman she works for?
(a) A tyrant.
(b) A backwards Arab woman.
(c) A modern Arab woman.
(d) A horrible mother.

10. Why does King Abdullah want peace with the Jews?
(a) He is anti-war.
(b) He thinks Palestine belongs to them.
(c) His father was Jewish.
(d) He wants Jerusalem.

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

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

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

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

15. How do Ibrahim and his family keep the Bedouin away while they are in Jericho?
(a) They set up explosives.
(b) They hide in caves.
(c) They dress like the British.
(d) They stay with a priest.