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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 does Ibrahim have Ishmael do at the Great Democratic Unity Conference?

2. What does Ibrahim begin to call his section of the refugee camp in Jericho?

3. Why does King Abdullah want peace with the Jews?

4. While staying in the refugee camp in Jericho, why does Ibrahim go into town every day?

5. What religion does Charles Maan practice?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Ibrahim and Ishmael plan to contact Gideon in Part 4, Chapters 1-5?

2. What makes Ishmael jealous of Sabri in Part 3, Chapter 5?

3. What are the refugee camps like in Jericho?

4. How does Mudhil help Ishmael secure a job?

5. How does Hamdi convince Nada to stay with him as his lover?

6. What is the home of Hamdi Othman and his wife like?

7. After leaving Tabah, why does Ibrahim refuse to be called a refugee?

8. What is the Jericho Project?

9. What happens after the death of Abdullah?

10. How does Ibrahim change after Omar leaves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are Jews depicted in this novel? Take a close look at the rhetoric and language used when Jews are discussed. What is the purpose of this?

Essay Topic 2

How is the United Nations a character in this novel? How does the United Nations drive the plot and motivate the characters? Why does the author include the United Nations in this way in his novel?

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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