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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Bee Eater & Of Death and Life, pp. 87-171.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Returning to the earliest days of Makor, the author writes that someone saves Ur's daughter from a dog about to attack. Who saves her?
(a) A bee chaser.
(b) A hunter.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her brother.

2. In 2200 B.C.E., how do the Makor villagers protect themselves?
(a) By hiring neighboring warriors to protect them.
(b) With a wall around their village.
(c) With a mote around their village.
(d) By training everyone to use spears.

3. John Cullinane is attracted to Vered Bar-el, but she is not interested in him since she's already engaged to whom?
(a) Eliav.
(b) Zodman.
(c) Tabari.
(d) Ohana.

4. The history of Makor begins with the family of a man named what?
(a) Urbaal.
(b) Thurton.
(c) Thor.
(d) Ur.

5. Why is one of the first inhabitants of Makor chasing bees?
(a) To locate honey to trade with nearby villagers.
(b) To keep the bees away from his cattle.
(c) To find honey for his family.
(d) To keep the bees away from his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cullinane and the staff begin digging at Makor hoping to find what, among other things?

2. In 2200 B.C.E., Makor is ruled by whom?

3. In 2200 B.C.E., about seven thousand years after Makor is first inhabited, what types of dwellings are found there?

4. Why do the early inhabitants of Makor talk about building a dike?

5. Who is the first person to greet Dr. Cullinane when he arrives in Israel as the book opens?

(see the answer key)

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