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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. As the book opens, Dr. John Cullinane arrives where?
(a) Greenland.
(b) Bollywood.
(c) Holy Land.
(d) Hollywood.

2. In addition to growing wheat, the earliest inhabitants of Makor learn to do what?
(a) Build sailboats using balsa wood.
(b) Build homes near the well.
(c) Plant lemon trees.
(d) Plant lettuce patches.

3. Dr. Vered Bar-El is Israel's top expert in dating what?
(a) Soil samples.
(b) Cloth samples.
(c) Bone fragments.
(d) Pottery fragments.

4. In addition to a castle the team is looking for, the archaeologists believe that the Makor site will reveal what else?
(a) Temple, pyramid, shrine, and obelisk.
(b) Basilica, temple, synagogue, and mosque.
(c) Shrine, tomb, and military statuettes.
(d) Fortress, pyramid, and minaret.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the earliest days of Makor, the person who breaks the flint in his spear leads whom to a place where the stone is readily available?

2. In the midst of writing about Makor's earliest inhabitants, the author jumps forward to the present. What does he say Cullinane is doing while Vered is in Chicago?

3. 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?

4. Why is Urbaal killed?

5. Why does Urbaal buy a statue of the goddess Astarte?

(see the answer key)

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