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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. In Part 2, Chapter 1 -5, how does Ibrahim feel about Gideon?
(a) He is glad he has Gideon as a friend.
(b) He is angry at Gideon.
(c) He misses Gideon.
(d) He doesn't think about Gideon.

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

3. Why is Ramiza treated poorly by the people of Tabah?
(a) Because she is mean to Ibrahim.
(b) Because she is poor.
(c) Because she is a second wife.
(d) Because she has no sons.

4. What do the Jews say it would take for Jaffa to remain a safe city?
(a) The end of Arab attacks on Tel Aviv.
(b) The end of Arab attacks on Jerusalem.
(c) Five-hundred thousand dollars.
(d) Ten-thousand dollars.

5. What do most Arabs think about the United Nations' plan for a partition of Palestine?
(a) They thought the British were behind it.
(b) They wanted to help create it.
(c) They thought it would not pass.
(d) They thought it was a great idea.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does the Arab well not have any water in it?

4. Who does Ibrahim have purchase the Palestine Post?

5. Why does Ibrahim get the title "Haj"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Operation Nachshon?

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

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

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

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

8. What do the Jews do to prepare their land for farming?

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

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

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