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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 16, Ibrahim says that there will be a war over Palestine when?

2. What do the Jews say it would take for Jaffa to remain a safe city?

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

4. What number wife is Hagar for Ibrahim?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Gideon's role after the news of the Jewish death camps?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What advice does Brompton give regarding Plan D?

8. What happens after an Arab attacked a woman in a kibbutz in 1925?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose three of the leaders from this novel and compare and contrast them. Consider the way they rule their people, their political beliefs, and their successes/failures.

Essay Topic 2

Consider the role of outside countries on Palestine and the characters of this novel. Write about what the countries actually do, how they view the region, how the region views them, and what the impact is.

Essay Topic 3

For much of this novel, Ibrahim is determined to return to Tabah. Discuss what the return to Tabah represents to Ibrahim and his village. Why was the dream abandoned?

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