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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. Returning to the earliest days of Makor, the author writes that someone saves Ur's daughter from a dog about to attack. Who saves her?
(a) Her mother.
(b) A bee chaser.
(c) Her brother.
(d) A hunter.

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

3. During the earliest days of Makor, who develops the practice of growing wheat ?
(a) Ur's wife.
(b) Thurton's son.
(c) Thor's sister.
(d) Urbaal's father.

4. After Governor Jeremoth has the walls of Makor rebuilt, what group is able to breach the wall and capture Makor?
(a) Egyptians.
(b) Hebrews.
(c) Canaanites.
(d) Babylonians.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The voice of the Hebrew god El-Shaddai tells the old man Zadok to _____.

2. The governor of Makor gives sanctuary to Gershom, who is a what?

3. James Michener's historical novel, The Source, focuses on what geographical regions?

4. Cullinane and his group start digging up artifacts at Makor, including a bullet, a coin and a menorah but _____.

5. After Roman armies overtake the town of Makor, what happens to Yigal?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Gomer is certain that her son is meant to accomplish a special purpose. Does he live up to her expectations?

3. 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?

4. Who are Urbaal and Timna?

5. What happens after King David comes to inspect the water system that Hoopoe built?

6. Describe Hoopoe's engineering projects.

7. What are archaeologists hoping to find at Makor?

8. As a Hebrew living among Canaanites, what conflicts does Gomer experience?

9. Why do the priests of Makor have Urbaal killed?

10. Summarize what Dr. Cullinane writes about the early society of Makor in his progress report of the first year of the dig.

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