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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Swept Away.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Elias feel about school?
(a) He hates it.
(b) He is indifferent to school.
(c) He loves it.
(d) He believes school and the church are too intertwined.

2. Who is Elias's hero?
(a) St. Paul.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Abraham.
(d) Elijah.

3. Where is Elias on a warm afternoon in 1947?
(a) In Beruit.
(b) In Constantinople.
(c) Sitting high in his favorite tree.
(d) In Jerusalem.

4. How did the native Jewish inhabitants feel about the actions of the Zionists?
(a) Indifferent as long as they were left alone.
(b) They expressed no reaction.
(c) Supportive.
(d) Shocked.

5. What do the Zionist soldiers tell the people of Biram?
(a) That the Irgun want to buy their land for a fair price.
(b) That the villagers are in no danger.
(c) That the Zionist soldiers would soon leave.
(d) That the Irgun will soon be arriving.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elias's father purchase?

2. For what is the purchase?

3. Since when has Palestine been under British rule?

4. What do the Christians who remain in Jerusalem continue to believe?

5. What causes the villagers anxiety?

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