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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. How many days does it take Ishmael and Jamil to hide their arms in Jericho?

2. After Nada becomes more militant, where does Ishmael want to take her?

3. Where is the refugee camp Ibrahim's former villager's want Ibrahim to go to?

4. Who does Nada become involved with while staying with Hamdi Othman?

5. What will the Leopards who confessed to Zyyad do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the lie surrounding Jamil's death?

2. In Part 3, Chapters 6-10, what does Ibrahim decide about Tabah?

3. What does Mayor Bakshir think about Palestine's government?

4. Why does Ibrahim tell Ishmael he may have to kill Sabri?

5. What does Ibrahim discuss at the West Bank Refugee Convention?

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

7. While in Jericho, how does Ibrahim protect his family at night?

8. What is the Wadi Bakkah School like?

9. How does Mudhil help Ibrahim find Gideon?

10. How does Ibrahim change after Omar leaves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the impact of being migrant? Explore the migrant tribes and the refugees and examine the affect a migratory life has on the people and the places they visit. How is this important to the overall Arab condition?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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