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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Rahab predicted, there is trouble between the Hebrews and the Canaanites, and it stems from what?
(a) Differences in religion.
(b) Differences in language.
(c) Strong dislike between both groups.
(d) Strong jealousy betwen leaders.

2. What did the engineer Hoopoe do for Makor?
(a) Built an impenetrable castle.
(b) Modernized sailboat designs.
(c) Modernized farming techniques.
(d) Built a new defense wall.

3. Who is Kerith?
(a) General from Jerusalem.
(b) General from Makor.
(c) Hoopoe's slave.
(d) Hoopoe's wife.

4. The voice of the Hebrew god El-Shaddai tells the old man Zadok to _____.
(a) Forgive his brother.
(b) Leave the desert.
(c) Befriend his enemies.
(d) Go to the forest.

5. In the chapter "Psalm of the Hoopoe Bird," the time line has moved forward to approximately what year?
(a) 892 C.E.
(b) 123 C.E.
(c) 963 B.C.E.
(d) 7012 B.C.E.

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

7. During the time of the Seleucid Empire around 167 B.C.E., who is the leader of the Jewish community of Makor?
(a) Jehubabel.
(b) Nebuchadrezzar.
(c) Ptolemais.
(d) Rimmon.

8. Why does Urbaal buy a statue of the goddess Astarte?
(a) To protect his flock of sheep.
(b) To help restore his health.
(c) To protect his home and children.
(d) To help his wife be fertile.

9. At the start of Dr. Cullinane's archaeological dig, how much funding has he already procured?
(a) Five years' worth.
(b) Five thousand dollars.
(c) Two months' worth.
(d) Five million dollars.

10. Who perfects the planting techniques developed during Makor's earliest days?
(a) Thor's father.
(b) Thurton's sister.
(c) Ur's son.
(d) Urbaal's wife.

11. When Hoopoe needs new iron tools to dig tunnels, he travels to get them from where?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Babylon.
(d) Phoenicia.

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

13. Why does Menalaus have his circumcision reversed?
(a) To avoid being executed.
(b) To be able to marry the woman he loves.
(c) To avoid having to pay a fine.
(d) To become a citizen and compete in the Olympics.

14. When Makor is part of the Seleucid Empire and an edict is given stating that Jews can no longer circumcise their male children, some Jews justify this order while others _____.
(a) Move back to Jerusalem where they can practice their customs freely.
(b) Convince the non-Jews that circumcision is a superior practice.
(c) Plan a secret revolt against the emperor.
(d) Refuse to break the covenant Abraham had made regarding circumcision.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kerith express deep discontent to General Amram?

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

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

4. Who is the first person to greet Dr. Cullinane when he arrives in Israel as the book opens?

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

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