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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. Who tries to follow Daniel as he leaves the camp to return to the village?
(a) Samson.
(b) Simon the Zealot.
(c) Ebol.
(d) Rosh.

2. What does Daniel see that disgusts him as he returns to his grandmother's house?
(a) The squalor of the village.
(b) The moon reflecting off the roofs.
(c) The dust his feet kicks up.
(d) The lights of the windows.

3. What embarrasses Daniel during the meal at Joel's house?
(a) His inability to carry on a conversation.
(b) His haircut.
(c) His ignorance of table manners.
(d) His sitting next to Thacia.

4. What causes Thacia to change her attitude to Daniel?
(a) He asks her to marry him.
(b) Joel returns and scolds her severely.
(c) He kisses her.
(d) He passes out and she discovers that he is wounded.

5. How is Samson useful to the camp?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Standing guard at night.
(c) Rolling rocks down the mountainside.
(d) Hauling water and wood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the last words Daniel ever heard his grandmother say?

2. What does Simon bring for Daniel?

3. What does Daniel reflect on about Rosh's business?

4. What password do the four boys select for the army they are forming to take to Rosh?

5. The grandmother's house is falling down. Where do Leah and Daniel go to live?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Daniel begin to feel trapped?

2. Why does Simon come to take Daniel to the synagogue the next morning?

3. What does Daniel do while he watches beside his grandmother?

4. Watching Joel and his sister on the side of the mountain, what memories come back to Daniel?

5. As the figures approach, Daniel understands that they are brother and sister. How?

6. How does Daniel escape the Roman soldiers?

7. Why does Daniel tell his friends that he ended up as a slave to Amelek?

8. Why do the village men prevent Daniel from yelling curses at the Roman soldiers coming through the town.

9. Joel follows Daniel into the ambush of a caravan. What are they after?

10. When Daniel gets restless on the mountain, where does he decide he wants to go?

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