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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Tell, pp. 1019-1088.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For the Jews, Shabbat is a day of what?
(a) Food preparation.
(b) Celebration.
(c) Work.
(d) Prayer.

2. The early inhabitants of Makor spend less and less time hunting and more time doing what?
(a) Raising sheep.
(b) Building homes.
(c) Tending fields.
(d) Chasing bees.

3. Why does Kerith express deep discontent to General Amram?
(a) He disagrees with the rulers of Makor.
(b) He disagrees with the rulers of Jerusalem.
(c) She wants to return to Jerusalem.
(d) She wants to be free.

4. When the city of Safed is about to be transferred over to Arab control, what do the Arabs want?
(a) Additional homes built to accomodate more families.
(b) The Jews to leave.
(c) A new mayor.
(d) Additional time to work out all the details.

5. In Podi, Italy, what does Rabbi Zaki tell his wife?
(a) They are not allowed to have any more children.
(b) They have been given fifty acres of land.
(c) They must send her brother home.
(d) They will have to leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of World War II, Isidore Gottesman marries Ilana and settles where?

2. According to Cullinane, the earliest people of Makor lived in what?

3. Why does Volkmar stop to talk with a group of Jews in Acre?

4. In the region of Palestine in the 1940s, which ruling group is preparing to leave the area?

5. When Volkmar meets with a Mameluke captain, what concern does the captain raise?

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