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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the first chapter, the archaeologists are sure they've found the castle they're looking for in _____.
(a) Trench A.
(b) Row 1.
(c) Trench B.
(d) Row 2.

2. James Michener's historical novel, The Source, focuses on what geographical regions?
(a) Israel and the Middle East.
(b) China and Northeast India.
(c) Russia and the Far East.
(d) Australia and Southeast Asia.

3. What job does Gomer's son hold in Makor?
(a) Making bricks.
(b) Supervising Jeremoth's olive grove.
(c) Fixing tents.
(d) Managing Jeremoth's library.

4. Cullinane and the staff begin digging at Makor hoping to find what, among other things?
(a) Lost city of Atlantis.
(b) Ancient pyramid.
(c) Turkish minaret.
(d) Crusader castle.

5. Why is Urbaal killed?
(a) So that his house could be used by the priests.
(b) He kidnapped the king's daughter.
(c) So that his wife could marry another.
(d) He killed a man.

6. Who is Urbaal descended from?
(a) Ur.
(b) Baal.
(c) Uther.
(d) Thor.

7. How old is Yigal in the year 67 C.E.?
(a) Forty-one.
(b) Sixty-seven.
(c) Eighty-nine.
(d) Fifty-three.

8. When Hoopoe is finished with his engineering projects, he lives out his days in Makor doing what?
(a) Sculpting.
(b) Tending his sheep.
(c) Sailing.
(d) Raising his children.

9. By the year 605 B.C.E., in what condition is Hoopoe's wall found?
(a) Rebuilt.
(b) Expanded.
(c) Gone without a trace.
(d) Crumbling.

10. When the general Vespasian is sent to crush the Jews of Makor, what does the now much older Yigal say his people must do?
(a) Resist the Romans again.
(b) Escape to Jerusalem.
(c) Assasinate the general.
(d) Submit to Roman rule.

11. Who does Gomer's son eventually marry?
(a) Sophie, a seer in Jerusalem.
(b) Mikal, daughter of Jeremoth.
(c) Shalil, a peasant in Makor.
(d) Elsha, daughter of Judah.

12. To keep his funding for the dig, Cullinane knows he has to produce what?
(a) Legends.
(b) Gold.
(c) Results.
(d) Scrolls.

13. 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?
(a) Ur and his son.
(b) Thurton and his wife.
(c) Urbaal and his father.
(d) Thor and his daughter.

14. After meeting with his colleagues as the book opens, Dr. Cullinane drives with them to where?
(a) Makor.
(b) Damascus.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Bangladesh.

15. When Makor is part of the Seleucid Empire, the Jews living there respect the deities of other cultures but worship their god named _____.
(a) YHWH.
(b) SHADAY.
(c) ELIO.
(d) ZMYZ.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Cullinane starts working with his colleagues on the dig at Makor, he notes that everyone gets along so well and there is no animosity between who?

2. How many daughters does Jeremoth, the governor of Makor, have?

3. In the chapter "Psalm of the Hoopoe Bird," the time line has moved forward to approximately what year?

4. Who is Kerith?

5. After Yahweh tells Gomer to take her son to Jerusalem, what does the widow suspect?

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