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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) Translating books.
(b) Tearing down buildings.
(c) Building Iranian fences.
(d) Unloading Iraqi trucks.

2. What does Sabri want to find in Gaza?
(a) A job.
(b) A position with a militant group.
(c) A wife.
(d) His family.

3. In Part 4, Chapter 8, whose generation is described as "the generation of liberation"?
(a) Nada's.
(b) Ishmael's future son's.
(c) Jamil's
(d) Ibrahim's.

4. After the war, what does Gideon learn when he goes to Tel Aviv to meet with Ben-Gurion?
(a) The Arabs want to have three territories.
(b) The Americans are coming to re-build the area.
(c) The British want them to leave the Egyptians alone.
(d) The United Nations are imposing a peace treaty.

5. In Part 4, Chapter 5, how many Arabs does Ben-Gurion agree to let return home?
(a) One hundred thousand.
(b) One thousand.
(c) Fifty thousand.
(d) Ten thousand.

6. What religion does Charles Maan practice?
(a) None.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Islam.
(d) Judaism.

7. Who will rule the West Bank after Abdullah?
(a) Ishmael.
(b) Kabir.
(c) Kaukji.
(d) Ibrahim.

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

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

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

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

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

13. While in the refugee camps in Jericho, where does Ibrahim say he is a prisoner?
(a) To his own decisions.
(b) In his own country.
(c) To the Jews.
(d) In his father's life.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Ibrahim tell Ishmael they must leave Jericho for Tabah?

2. When does the Zurich conference end?

3. Where does Gamal Abdel Nasser have a successful coup?

4. When trying to return to Tabah, why can't Ibrahim use the roads to Jericho?

5. What is the fedayeen?

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