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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. Why are the Tabah villagers surrounded by Jihad soldiers when they spend the night in a field in Ramle?
(a) They were protecting the people of Tabah.
(b) It was a good hiding spot.
(c) It was a Jihad soldier base.
(d) They didn't trust the people of Tabah.

2. How does news of the Jewish death camps affect Tabah?
(a) It made Jewish and Arab tensions worse.
(b) It lead to more Arab sympathy.
(c) It didn't affect Tabah at all.
(d) The people of Tabah never heard of the death camps.

3. Where do Ibrahim and his friends and family listen to the news on the radio as Germany begins taking over countries?
(a) At Gideon's.
(b) At city hall.
(c) At the library.
(d) At Ibrahim's shop.

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

5. While on his deathbed in Chapter 1, what does Ibrahim's father give him?
(a) A book.
(b) A ring.
(c) A dagger.
(d) A cloak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What number wife is Hagar for Ibrahim?

2. Why is Ramiza treated poorly by the people of Tabah?

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

4. How does Ibrahim feel about the unity described by Kaukji in Part 2, Chapter 6?

5. After Kaukji's attacks on On January 10, 1948, what does he report to his leaders?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Ibrahim's father pass on power before he dies?

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

6. What do Ibrahim and Gideon discuss when they meet in Part 2, Chapter 7?

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

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

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

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

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