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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the residents of Palestine hope?
(a) That Palestine would evolve into three different countries.
(b) That Palestine would be absorbed by a stronger Arab state for greater stability.
(c) That the British would continue their protectorate.
(d) That an independent state would soon be formed.

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

3. What causes the villagers anxiety?
(a) That it is soldiers and not civilians coming to the village.
(b) That the earthquake may have relocated part of the artisian system.
(c) That the British will take their improvements when they leave.
(d) That the British will no longer help their village.

4. What does the United Nations do in the conflict?
(a) Divide the land giving the fertile land to the Zionist.
(b) Give the Zionist eighty percent of all the land.
(c) Divide the land fairly with fertile land to each major group.
(d) Nothing.

5. Who is David Ben Gurion?
(a) An immigrant from the United States
(b) The leader of the original Jewish inhabitants of Palestine.
(c) An orthodox Jew who believed in a peaceful solution in Palestine.
(d) The leader of the Zionist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Zionist soldiers winning against the British?

2. What soldiers would be coming to the village?

3. What sort of stories does Elias's mother teach him?

4. How much are the Palestinians that are removed from their land compensated?

5. How does Elias feel about school?

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