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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. Who of Elias's family is taken by the Irgun?
(a) Only his father.
(b) Only his one older brother.
(c) His father and three older brothers.
(d) Only both his older brothers.

2. What percentage of non-Jewish communities existed in Palestine at the time of the Balfour Declaration of 1917?
(a) 92.
(b) 55.
(c) 66.
(d) 25.

3. Where do Elias and his friend Faraj decide to go?
(a) To Jerusalem.
(b) To the United States.
(c) To Biram.
(d) To England.

4. What does Israel do in retaliation?
(a) Executes any Egyptian citizens found in Jerusalem.
(b) Bombs Egypt and other Arab nations's ports.
(c) Appeals to the United Nations.
(d) Sends thousand of Palestinian refugees into Egypt.

5. What does the Bishop tell Elias?
(a) That he is to go to Hebrew University.
(b) That he is to take on an assistant.
(c) That he is to increase the population of the sisters if possible.
(d) That he is to take a vacation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does Elias's father explain to his children?

2. How do the Christians in Ibillin feel?

3. What does Elias decide to do at the end of the chapter "Singled out?"

4. What does the second Supreme Court rule?

5. How do the Zionist act after the British leave?

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