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

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

3. When is Christianity declared the religion of the empire that Makor is a part of?
(a) 227 C.E.
(b) 89 C.E.
(c) 142 C.E.
(d) 313 C.E.

4. In the region of Palestine in the 1940s, which ruling group is preparing to leave the area?
(a) Greek.
(b) Dutch.
(c) Turkish.
(d) British.

5. The Mamelukes take over the Muslim Empire from Damascus. Volkmar requests permission from the Mamelukes to do what?
(a) Travel with his son through the empire.
(b) Establish a trading post near Damascus.
(c) Negotiate a treaty with their leader.
(d) Build a library in their capital city.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Islam arrive in Makor?

2. When Menahem converts to Christianity, who else converts with him?

3. Why does Rabbi Eliezer, a German Jew in Gretz, decide to leave Germany with his wife Leah and their family?

4. In Podi, Italy, what does Rabbi Zaki tell his wife?

5. Even though Yohanan wants his son Menahem to be a Jew, what do the rabbis tell him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Abd Umar and his background.

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

5. Summarize the state of Makor when Christianity prevails in the region around 313 C.E.

6. Explain what the rabbis determine in "The Law" about what really bonds the Jewish people.

7. Why does Hacohen purchase Jewish books from Tabari?

8. In Safed, why does Rabbi Itzik of Vodzh decline to join the Jews who are singing in preparation for battle prior to the city being turned over to Arab rule?

9. Why does Volkmar the Eighth refuse the terms of the invaders, even if his life would be spared?

10. Why does Dr. Abulafia flee Spain during the Inquisition?

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