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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was increasingly happening to non-Jewish Palestinians?
(a) They were being herded into concentration camps.
(b) They were becoming refugees in their own land.
(c) They were cooperating with the Zionist out of fear.
(d) They were living peacefully alongside the Zionist.

2. Since when has Palestine been under British rule?
(a) The 1930's.
(b) The 1920's.
(c) Since 1902.
(d) The Late 1800's.

3. What is Elias's schedule like in Nazareth?
(a) Quite easy.
(b) Tough but flexible.
(c) Fairly relaxed.
(d) Strict and rigorous.

4. Where does Elias travel for a retreat?
(a) Swizerland.
(b) Italy.
(c) England.
(d) Germany.

5. When the villagers return to Biram, what happens?
(a) They are able to peacefully resume living in their homes.
(b) The Zionist soldiers help them move back into their homes.
(c) The Zionist soldiers destroy the village.
(d) The Zionist soldiers kill them all.

6. Who is Faraj Nakhleh?
(a) Michael's brother-in-law.
(b) Elias's uncle by marriage.
(c) A fellow student with Elias.
(d) The man Elias's sister wants to marry.

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

8. What happens when the British withdraw from an area?
(a) The Arabs push all Jewish Palestinians out.
(b) Zionist set up a ruling counsel of Jews, Christians and Muslims.
(c) Zionist push all non-Jewish Palestinians out.
(d) The land is vacant and anyone can make a claim.

9. What is Elias immersed in at his new home?
(a) Learning all about the history of Palestine.
(b) The study of law.
(c) Learning about the religion of the Jews.
(d) Biblical study.

10. Why are Michael and his brothers outraged?
(a) That the orchards have been cared for so poorly.
(b) That they get paid a pittance.
(c) That they are employed on land that they own.
(d) That the Jewish landowner does not even live on the land.

11. What story does Elias's father explain to his children?
(a) About the way the British obtained rule of the area.
(b) About the effects of the last large earthquake in the region.
(c) About the reason the people want the British to continue to rule their country.
(d) About Hitler and the Holocaust in Europe.

12. Who is Katoub?
(a) The village pastor.
(b) Elias's youngest sister.
(c) Elias's wife.
(d) Elias's mother.

13. Where is Biram?
(a) Arabia.
(b) Iran.
(c) Palestine.
(d) Iraq.

14. What does Elias decide to do at the end of the chapter "Singled out?"
(a) To convert to Judaism.
(b) To fight as a terrorist.
(c) To move to the United States.
(d) To find a peaceful way to respond to the situation.

15. Where does Elias go after his initial education?
(a) To join the Army.
(b) Seminary.
(c) Home.
(d) Law school.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the other seminarians feel about Palestine?

2. What of the Bible is a mystery to Elias?

3. Where does Elias go?

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

5. How did the native Jewish inhabitants feel about the actions of the Zionists?

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