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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Work, For the Night is Coming.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much are the Palestinians that are removed from their land compensated?
(a) One cow per acre.
(b) One goat per acre.
(c) They are compensated fairly but they do not want to move.
(d) Nothing.

2. Where had the men been taken?
(a) The Jordanian border.
(b) To slave in reclaiming desert land.
(c) The Saudi Arabian border.
(d) To prisons in Jerusalem.

3. What action supersedes other problems in the Middle East?
(a) The establishment of a quota of Arab citizens in Israel.
(b) The invasion of the Sinai Peninsula by Israel.
(c) The establishment of the PLO.
(d) The Russian aggression in Europe.

4. What is Elias's primary desire?
(a) To fight in the underground liberation group.
(b) To return to his home in Biram.
(c) For his parents to return to Biram and their former life of orchard care and serenity.
(d) To become a lawyer to fight the Zionist legally.

5. What happens to a village as a result of Elias' intercession?
(a) They decide to send their children for education in Jewish schools.
(b) Nuns move in to provide health care, parenting instruction, and schooling to all children.
(c) They decide to hold a forgiveness rally.
(d) They decide to hold a peace rally.

Short Answer Questions

1. Since when has Palestine been under British rule?

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

3. Who comes back with Elias from Nazareth?

4. What does Elias regret?

5. When do the British withdraw from Palestine completely?

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