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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. How do the Christian Arabs feel about Kaukji's attacks?
(a) They were didn't know anything about the attacks.
(b) They wanted no part of them.
(c) They wanted to help the Arabs.
(d) They wanted to help the Jews.

2. Why does the Arab well not have any water in it?
(a) Ibrahim broke it.
(b) Kabir sold the rights to water.
(c) The well was filled with cement.
(d) It has been a very dry year.

3. Who does Ibrahim make a deal with for safe passage to Beirut for the Tabah villagers?
(a) A Jewish leader.
(b) A British soldier.
(c) Kabir.
(d) A Greek captain.

4. Why does the British foreign secretary order a blockade of Palestine?
(a) To stop Arabs from fleeing.
(b) To stop Jewish immigration.
(c) To protect their investments in the area.
(d) To let more Jews into the area.

5. What was the retaliation for Deir Yassin following the Irgun attack?
(a) Arabs attacked a medical convey.
(b) Arabs attacked a school.
(c) Arabs attacked Gideon's house.
(d) Arabs attacked a kibbutz.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Farouk go to make marriage arrangements between Ibrahim and Ramiza?

2. When Ibrahim and Gideon meet in Part 2, Chapter 11, how long has it been since they last met?

3. What does Ibrahim do to the perimeter of his town when the riots and attacks begin to reach the valley of Avalon?

4. Why do the Irgun and Haganah retaliate in Jerusalem?

5. What does Kabir promise Farouk after the war if he stays in Tabah?

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 do the Jews do to prepare their land for farming?

4. What happens to Ramiza's first born son?

5. What is Ishmael's childhood like?

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

7. In Chapter 16, what do Sheik Azziz and Ibrahim discuss during their trip?

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

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

10. What happens during the United Nations meeting on November 29, 1947?

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