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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. The history of Makor begins with the family of a man named what?
(a) Ur.
(b) Thurton.
(c) Urbaal.
(d) Thor.

2. 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) Thor and his daughter.
(c) Thurton and his wife.
(d) Urbaal and his father.

3. Who is the first person to greet Dr. Cullinane when he arrives in Israel as the book opens?
(a) Carmel Tewfik.
(b) Jemail Tabari.
(c) Mahmoud Akko.
(d) Bahai Solante.

4. When the men of Makor return home after fighting with an army that is ultimately defeated, Gomer's son is _____.
(a) Carried in on a stretcher.
(b) Not among them.
(c) Now a captured slave.
(d) Walking among the survivors.

5. The early inhabitants of Makor spend less and less time hunting and more time doing what?
(a) Building homes.
(b) Chasing bees.
(c) Raising sheep.
(d) Tending fields.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Cullinane is attracted to Vered Bar-el, but she is not interested in him since she's already engaged to whom?

2. Who does Gomer's son eventually marry?

3. By the year 605 B.C.E., in what condition is Hoopoe's wall found?

4. How long does it take Gomer and her son to travel from Makor to Jerusalem?

5. At the start of Dr. Cullinane's archaeological dig, how much funding has he already procured?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain who Gomer and Rimmon are.

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

3. Describe Hoopoe's engineering projects.

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

5. Why does Menalaus have surgery to reverse his circumcision?

6. Who is Yigal, and how does he become a leader of his people?

7. 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.

8. Why does the leader of the Canaanites accept Zadok and his people?

9. Why do Ur and his son work on building a dike?

10. Who are Urbaal and Timna?

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