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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. What happened when Gideon is held captive and tortured for giving information to the British?

2. When Ibrahim watches the Jewish settlers build terraces for farming, what does he wonder?

3. What happens a few days before the Arab Higher Committee forms?

4. Why is Tabah considered an enemy village to Gideon?

5. Where does an Arab attack a woman in 1925 that causes everyone to worry about a revenge attack?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Operation Nachshon?

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

4. What role does Fawzi Kabir play in displacing Arabs from Palestine?

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

6. What advice does Brompton give regarding Plan D?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ishmael had a complicated relationship with his father. Analyze the ways that these characters interacted with each other. What did the relationship mean to each party? What is significant about the way their relationship ended?

Essay Topic 2

Nada defies the role her father wants her to have, and therefore she shames the family and must die. Explain what Nada represents in this novel and how she changes throughout the course of the book.

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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