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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Elias say the Jews justify taking Palestinian land?
(a) Because they think the Palestinians do not deserve so much land.
(b) Because they must live somewhere.
(c) Because God gave them the land thousands of years ago.
(d) On the basis of the wrongs they have suffered in the past.

2. Who are "blood brothers" in Elias's eyes?
(a) All Jews no matter where they live in the world.
(b) All Palestinians.
(c) Any human on Earth.
(d) Jews and Palestinians.

3. With what is Elias temporarily elated?
(a) the march to the Knesset.
(b) The new rights awarded native Palestinians.
(c) The success of the villagers at Ibillin.
(d) The new awareness of the world to the Palestinian problem.

4. How do further land reforms harm the Palestinians?
(a) They forbid Palestinians to hold title to any land.
(b) The reforms take away more and more arable land.
(c) They forbid any more than three families to live adjacent to each other.
(d) They forbid Palestianians to own more than 1/4 an acre for any reason.

5. What does Elias hope will be the action of those reading his book?
(a) They will petition their governments to intervene.
(b) They will have a better understanding of the Palestinian situation.
(c) They will actively work for justice.
(d) They will pray for all involved.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes back with Elias from Nazareth?

2. Who acts as a little dictator?

3. Who is kept from Sabra and Shatila?

4. What does the Israeli government do in response to Elias' growing fame?

5. What does Elias do when he leaves Germany?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Biram like when Elias returned there from his time in Paris?

2. Why did the Bishop have an appointment with Elias and what was Elias's feelings about it?

3. What did Elias continue to do after Palm Sunday and what did the sisters do?

4. What was the reality about the Palestinians that Elias had to face in the last 1960's?

5. What happened about the massacre in question number 50?

6. What had happened in Palestine by the time Elias returned there after his studies in Paris?

7. What occurred during some of Elias's successes that set back the peace movement?

8. How was Palestine ruled until the end of World War I and then what happened?

9. What was the political and economic situation like in Israel in 1967?

10. What did Elias see as the view the Western world had of the Jews and a homeland?

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