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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is frustrating to Elias?
(a) That the Jewish Supreme Court still refuses to hear Michael's petition.
(b) That his village is still not rebuilt.
(c) An intellectual approach to Biblical study.
(d) That he is not home where he should be helping his father.

2. What does Elias decide he has to do about his people's struggles?
(a) He has to let them go.
(b) He has to put the struggles of his people into the perspective of God's plan.
(c) He has to work to right the wrongs with violence if necessary.
(d) He has to work to right the wrongs in court legally.

3. How does the family decide to greet the soldiers?
(a) Welcoming.
(b) Resignation.
(c) Fear.
(d) Defiance.

4. From whom does Elias learn the most?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) The village pastor.
(d) The village wise woman.

5. Why does Israel heed the United States's wishes?
(a) The U.S. has nuclear arms.
(b) Israel does not pay attention to the U.S. demands.
(c) The U.S. would not hesitate to support the Arabs if Jewish Israel does not align with the U.S.
(d) They know that support from America was critical to its survival.

6. Why do they end up in Paris?
(a) They want out of the Middle East and it is the only option at the moment.
(b) They are unable to go to their original destination.
(c) The French are interested in helping the native Palestinians regain their land.
(d) They are offered full scholarships to law school there.

7. What does Elias regret?
(a) He tries not to have regrets.
(b) Not joining the fight to expel the Zionist from his village.
(c) Not letting his family know how much he loves them.
(d) Coming to Europe to experience a church that had become so meaningless.

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

9. How do the other seminarians feel about Palestine?
(a) There was very little knowledge of what is happening in Palestine.
(b) They are appalled at the way the Zionist were slaughtering innocent people.
(c) They are wholly supportive of the Zionist movement.
(d) They were divided in support of the Zionist and the native Palestinians.

10. What are the Christians called who remain in Jerusalem?
(a) Gnostics.
(b) Mennonites.
(c) Melkites.
(d) Iluminaries.

11. 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 Zionist soldiers would soon leave.
(c) That the villagers are in no danger.
(d) That the Irgun will soon be arriving.

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

13. What of the Bible is a mystery to Elias?
(a) The miracles of healing by Jesus.
(b) The story of Joseph.
(c) The story of Issac and Essau.
(d) The Beatitudes.

14. Where does Elias go?
(a) To Jerusalem to study.
(b) To the United States.
(c) To an orphanage.
(d) To Saudi Arabia to study.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Katoub?

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

3. Where do Elias and his friend Faraj decide to go?

4. What does Elias realize that warm afternoon?

5. What does Elias's father purchase?

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