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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. As a child, how does Ishmael feel about the Jews?
(a) He isn't aware they exist.
(b) He hates them.
(c) He is not afraid of them.
(d) All his friends are Jewish.

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

3. According to Gideon, what is Islam used as an excuse for?
(a) Lack of water.
(b) Failure to secure a good government.
(c) Failure to use the land well.
(d) Lack of respect in the United Nations.

4. Why does Heuseinni have to move around the Middle East so much?
(a) He was trying to find his religion.
(b) He was buying a lot of land.
(c) He travelled for work.
(d) He was wanted for war crimes.

5. What does Abdullah want to do with Jerusalem?
(a) Annex it.
(b) Threaten the leaders.
(c) Burn it.
(d) Give it to the Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrests Gideon in 1946?

2. Why is Ibrahim nervous about attacking the Jews when they first arrive?

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

4. After befriending a Jewish junkyard dealer, what language does Ishmael learn to read?

5. In Part 2, Chapter 1 -5, how does Ibrahim feel about Gideon?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ibrahim call Gideon in Part 2, Chapter 11?

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

3. What advice does Brompton give regarding Plan D?

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

5. What is Ishmael's childhood like?

6. What happens when Mercedes arrives in Tabah on Christmas day?

7. When Gideon and Foote meet in a Jerusalem restaurant to discuss the events in Tabah that worry them, what do they focus on?

8. What happens when Ibrahim goes to the bank to withdraw money to pay for the boat he needs to go to Gaza?

9. As a child, what is Ishmael's relationship with the Jews like?

10. What happens to the British installations after the attacks led by Kaukji?

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