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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Menahem converts to Christianity, what name does he adopt?
(a) Mark.
(b) Matthew.
(c) Michael.
(d) Mitchell.

2. After sailing for Salonica in 1541 before the Inquisition reaches Italy, where do Rabbi Zaki and his family ultimately settle?
(a) Antioch.
(b) Safed.
(c) Tarsus.
(d) Akka.

3. In 1947, the United Nations proposes dividing Palestine into two independent states and making Jerusalem what?
(a) Half Palestinian, half Jewish.
(b) A part of Jordan.
(c) A part of Egypt.
(d) An independent, international city.

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

5. What kind of place is Tubariyeh?
(a) Moderate even though it's eight thousand feet above sea level.
(b) Very cold at an elevation of ten thousand feet above sea level.
(c) Moderate and at sea level.
(d) Very hot and located at nearly seven hundred feet below sea level.

6. By the time Islam arrives at Makor, what major landmark has been there for three hundred years?
(a) Library of the Wisdom of Ages.
(b) Basilica of Saint Mary Magdalene.
(c) Cathedral of Saint Michael.
(d) Temple of the Olive Groves.

7. How does the stonecutter Yohanan distract his son Menahem who is treated like an outcast by the other children?
(a) Teaches him how to cook.
(b) Sings him songs about great leaders.
(c) Takes him on rock hunting trips to the mountains.
(d) Tells him stories of faraway lands.

8. Even though Yohanan wants his son Menahem to be a Jew, what do the rabbis tell him?
(a) One day he may be.
(b) He can choose to join the faith only after he spends twenty years studying.
(c) He can't be.
(d) He can choose to join the faith when he's twenty-one.

9. As John Cullinane looks at newspaper clippings with photos of Vered Bar-El, what does he realize?
(a) He misses being in the United States.
(b) He's still in love with her.
(c) She looks like his first wife.
(d) She may get a permanent job in the United States.

10. After Rabbi Zaki's wife Rachel dies in Safed, who does he end up marrying?
(a) Analisa, sister of Dr. Abulafia.
(b) Mariana, daughter of Dr. Abulafia.
(c) Elisheba, daughter of Rabbi Eliezer.
(d) Johana, sister of Rabbi Eliezer.

11. When Paul Zodman flies to the dig from Chicago in the last chapter, what surprise announcement does he make?
(a) He's assigning everyone to a new dig.
(b) He's misplaced the infamous "Candlestick of Death."
(c) He's run out of money for the dig.
(d) He's planning to marry Vered Bar-El.

12. Abd Umar believes that the Jews discovered God, that God sent Jesus Christ as a prophet, and that God sent Muhammad as the next prophet, making Islam what?
(a) A continuation of the religions started by Jews and Christians.
(b) The only religion that tolerates others.
(c) A compilation of all world religions put together.
(d) A common sense approach to daily life.

13. Why does Dr. Abulafia leave Spain?
(a) He is appalled at what Spain is doing and takes his family to Makor.
(b) He takes a trip to visit relatives in Germany.
(c) He gets a better job at Podi, Italy.
(d) He has Jewish ancestors and fears the Inquisition.

14. At the end of the book, who does Vered Bar-El decide to marry?
(a) Nobody.
(b) Zodman.
(c) Cullinane.
(d) Eliav.

15. When does intense fighting between Arabs and Jews begin in Safed?
(a) August 19, 1948.
(b) May 6, 1948.
(c) December 12, 1947.
(d) February 3, 1947.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Mamelukes take over the Muslim Empire from Damascus. Volkmar requests permission from the Mamelukes to do what?

2. When do the Crusades end?

3. Why can't Volkmar accept the terms presented by the Mameluke leaders upon their arrival to Makor?

4. After winning Safed over to the Jewish state, Gottesmann and other Jews go on to fight at Akka and:

5. Safed is a booming manufacturing city and major trading center by the time Rabbis Zaki and Eliezer and Dr. Abulafia arrive. These men help turn Safed into what else?

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