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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. In exchange for water in the Jewish settlements, the leader of Tubariyeh is trying to get baksheesh, which is what?
(a) A pastry made of honey and dates.
(b) Immunity against any future mistakes he may make.
(c) Very thin silver jewelry.
(d) A tip or bribe in exchange for a service.

2. What happens when Abd Umar and his army reach Makor?
(a) Abd Umar signs a treaty with Makor's religious leaders.
(b) There is no military resistance, and only two are killed.
(c) Makor's leaders are imprisoned and the people are enslaved.
(d) A bloody battle ensues and most of the residents die.

3. After Cullinane tells Eliav that he plans to marry Vered Bar-El, what does Eliav say?
(a) A date for the wedding of Bar-El and Eliav has already been set.
(b) Vered finds Cullinane repulsive.
(c) Vered will never marry a non-Jew.
(d) Americans are so rude.

4. Who is Rahab, the one who predicts trouble between the Hebrews and the Canaanites?
(a) Zadok's mother.
(b) Uriel's mother.
(c) Zadok's wife.
(d) Uriel's wife.

5. When John Cullinane discusses the case of the widow Zipporah Zederbaum with Ilan Eliav, Ilan complains that John doesn't know _____.
(a) Women.
(b) Manners.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Hiring protocols.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Father Vilspronck's role in the book's final chapter?

2. What type of work do Rabbi Zaki's wife and daughters do in Safed?

3. After Meshab becomes a free man, who gives orders to have him killed?

4. When the ten Jews in Rabbi Itzik's congregation decide to stay in Safed and tell the other Jews to leave, what is their response?

5. When is Christianity declared the religion of the empire that Makor is a part of?

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