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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 exchange for water in the Jewish settlements, the leader of Tubariyeh is trying to get baksheesh, which is what?
(a) A pastry made of honey and dates.
(b) Very thin silver jewelry.
(c) Immunity against any future mistakes he may make.
(d) A tip or bribe in exchange for a service.

2. On his way to Makor, Abd Umar sees Safat burning and knows that it is the work of whom?
(a) Abd Zair.
(b) Abd Mehdi.
(c) Abu Zeid.
(d) Abu Malek.

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

4. When Menahem wants to marry Jael, daughter of Rabbi Asher, what does the rabbi do?
(a) Runs Menahem out of town.
(b) Makes arrangements for Jael to marry someone else.
(c) Sends Jael to live with her aunt in Jerusalem.
(d) Gives Menahem and Jael his blessing.

5. When do the Crusades end?
(a) 1341 C.E.
(b) 1105 C.E.
(c) 1289 C.E.
(d) 1403 C.E.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the widow Zipporah seek Cullinane's help?

2. Fighting on the side of the Prophet Muhammad, Abd Umar works diligently to spread Islam across Byzantine regions although he _____.

3. When the city of Safed is about to be transferred over to Arab control, what do the Arabs want?

4. When Tabari offers Shmuel Hacohen Jewish books, what does Hacohen do?

5. As Volkmar, the eighth Count of Gretz, thinks about what went right and what went wrong during the Crusades, he concludes that _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the Jews defend Safed in 1948?

2. In the chapter "The Tell," what does Cullinane realize about Bar-El as he looks at pictures of her from newspaper clippings?

3. Where are Vered Bar-El and John Cullinane as the chapter "The Tell" opens?

4. What happens in Podi, Italy after Rabbi Zaki and his family leave by ship in 1541?

5. In Germany in 1096, who is Gunter and why does he join the Crusades?

6. Who is Shmuel Hacohen, and what does he want from Tabari?

7. In the chapter "Rabbi Itzik and the Sabra," the reader meets Vered Bar-El in her youth. Describe who she is and what she does in this chapter.

8. Why does Makor fall so easily into Abd Umar's hands?

9. In 1948, what does Isidore Gottesmann plan to do after the British leave Palestine?

10. What does Tabari say about the constitution reformers when he meets with his superior?

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