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

2. The rabbis of Makor believe that even if the Jewish people have no nation, they will always be bound by what?
(a) The Psalm.
(b) The Song.
(c) The Word.
(d) The Law.

3. What type of work do Rabbi Zaki's wife and daughters do in Safed?
(a) Spinning thread.
(b) Picking grapes.
(c) Making crepes.
(d) Baking bread.

4. When Menahem wants to marry Jael, daughter of Rabbi Asher, what does the rabbi do?
(a) Makes arrangements for Jael to marry someone else.
(b) Gives Menahem and Jael his blessing.
(c) Sends Jael to live with her aunt in Jerusalem.
(d) Runs Menahem out of town.

5. Why can't Volkmar accept the terms presented by the Mameluke leaders upon their arrival to Makor?
(a) He would lose his status.
(b) He would lose his life.
(c) It would endanger his wife and son.
(d) It would mean slavery for his people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shmuel Hacohen is a Jewish immigrant who ends up in Tubariyeh from where?

2. Dr. John Cullinane is a respected what?

3. Shmuel Hacohen seeks help from the leader of Tubariyeh to do what?

4. After looking at newspaper clippings of Vered Bar-El, Cullinane decides that he will do what?

5. When John Cullinane discusses the case of the widow Zipporah Zederbaum with Ilan Eliav, Ilan complains that John doesn't know _____.

(see the answer key)

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