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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is one of the first inhabitants of Makor chasing bees?
(a) To locate honey to trade with nearby villagers.
(b) To keep the bees away from his family.
(c) To keep the bees away from his cattle.
(d) To find honey for his family.

3. Timon and Shelomith are ordered to be executed, but after news arrives that Herod is dead they _____.
(a) Are freed.
(b) Are imprisoned indefinitely.
(c) Are exiled to Antioch.
(d) Find a way to escape.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Baal, one of the gods of the Canaanites, evolved from whom?

2. How long does Meshab work for Hoopoe on his major engineering project?

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

4. Why do the early inhabitants of Makor talk about building a dike?

5. Dr. John Cullinane is a respected what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is being the mouthpiece of Yahweh both a blessing and a curse for Gomer?

2. How are Timon and Shelomith saved?

3. Why do conflicts arise between Zadok's people and Uriel's people?

4. Who are Jemail Tabari, Vered Bar-El, and Ilan Eliav, and how are they associated with John Cullinane?

5. When Michener fast forwards to the present-day dig at Makor in the chapter "Yigal and His Three Generals," what is Cullinane learning about the Ashkanazi and the Sephardi?

6. Explain who Gomer and Rimmon are.

7. Explain why the rulers of Makor during the Seleucid Empire allow the Jews of the town to worship as they wish.

8. Explain who John Cullinane is and what he is doing in Israel.

9. Through the sites John Cullinane sees as he arrives in Israel by ship, describe some of the multicultural and multi-faith aspects of the area.

10. Explain why Kerith is miserable in Makor.

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