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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sides with the Germans as World War II was starting?
(a) The Arabs.
(b) The Syrians.
(c) The Jews.
(d) The Iraqis.

2. What year is it when Farouk tells Ibrahim that the Jews are coming?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1934.

3. How old is Ishmael when he makes a deal with his brother concerning parcels of land?
(a) Nine.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eleven.

4. What does Gideon Asch tell Ibrahim the Jews are planning to do with the land they purchased?
(a) Start a chain of hotels.
(b) Build hospitals.
(c) Start a farm.
(d) Build new roads.

5. Who does Ibrahim have purchase the Palestine Post?
(a) Kamal.
(b) Gideon.
(c) Omar.
(d) Ishmael.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Kaukji's rebel group?

2. How does news of the Jewish death camps affect Tabah?

3. In Tabah, what does every house have even if the residents can not read?

4. On January 10, 1948, what do Kaukji's forces attack in Syria?

5. Who forms the Army of Liberation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Mufti increase Arab violence toward Jews?

2. As a child, what does Ishmael think about his religion?

3. What happens when Bockmann visits the Mufti in Jerusalem in 1937?

4. What surprises the Arabs when they attack the Jews for the first time?

5. What happens when Ibrahim refuses to give money or men to the Mufti and the Arab Higher Committee?

6. What have groups of Arab leaders begun doing since the mention of a partition of Palestine?

7. Why does Ibrahim have a feast for Kabir when he arrived in Tabah?

8. What role does Fawzi Kabir play in displacing Arabs from Palestine?

9. What do the Jewish people do when they first arrive?

10. What happens during Gideon's meetings with British Colonel Frederick Brompton?

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