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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. After the first failed attack, where does Ibrahim go to watch the Jewish settlers every day?

2. Why does the British foreign secretary order a blockade of Palestine?

3. What number wife is Hagar for Ibrahim?

4. How does news of the Jewish death camps affect Tabah?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happens when Mercedes arrives in Tabah on Christmas day?

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

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

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

9. What is Ishmael's childhood like?

10. What happens when Ibrahim goes to the bank to withdraw money to pay for the boat he needs to go to Gaza?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of the murders that happened in this novel and compare and contrast them. Consider the motives, the impact, and the symbolism of each murder.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Research the history of Palestine during this time. How does this novel remain true to history? Where does the novel diverge? Why do you think this happens?

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