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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 does Ishmael witness the rape of his family members by Kaukji's men?
(a) He is part of Kaukji's group.
(b) He is trying to save them.
(c) They capture him with the women.
(d) He is hiding in the same room.

2. After the first failed attack, where does Ibrahim go to watch the Jewish settlers every day?
(a) The knoll.
(b) The mountain.
(c) The cave.
(d) The center of town.

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

4. After meeting daily with Ben-Gurion, what compromise does Gideon reach?
(a) To split the conquered land in half.
(b) To pay a settlement to the Jews.
(c) To move the women and children away.
(d) To bomb only every other day.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 6 what does Kaukji plan to do before the other Arab countries invade?

2. What did Ishmael's mother encourage him to do when he was staying with her?

3. How did the Jews respond to the first offer of a partitioned country?

4. What does Ibrahim tell Kabir he must have before leaving Tabah?

5. What group does Mr. Salmi belong to?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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 is Ishmael's childhood like?

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

10. What is Operation Nachshon?

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