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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the name of Fort Esther come to be?
(a) There was no reason
(b) The fort was built at the burial site of Queen Esther
(c) The fort was named for a Jewess named Esther who died fighting the Arabs
(d) The fort was built at the site where Ari's grandmother, Esther, died

2. What does Dov demand in return for finishing the forgery project he's working on?
(a) That Karent be allowed to go with the group to Palestine
(b) That he be allowed to go with the group to Palestine
(c) That he and Karen be in the group to go to Palestine
(d) That he and Karen remain in the camp together

3. What acronym does Ari write on the fake British camp he establishes and what does he say it stands for?
(a) HMJFC - His Majesty's Jewish Forces on Cyprus
(b) HMJFC - Her Majesty's Jewish Forces in Caloanis
(c) HMFFC - His Majesty's Fantastic Forces on Cyprus
(d) HMJFC - His Majesty's Justified Freedmen on Cyprus

4. What day does Ari choose for the escape?
(a) The day after an important Jewish holiday
(b) July 17, 1946
(c) June 5, 1945
(d) Day six of an official ten-day evacuation

5. What does Yakov do in retaliation of his father's death?
(a) Kills a group of students
(b) Burns a Christian Bible
(c) Nothing. His brother Jossi commits the crime
(d) Stabs a hunchbacked Jew hater named Andreeve

6. Malcolm shoots an Arab who refuses to answer a question. What lesson does he say this teaches his fighters?
(a) There's no way to manage a hostage or prisoner
(b) An Arab who won't talk can't be coerced
(c) Never use brutality to get information, get right to the point
(d) There's no need trying to talk to those who speak a different language

7. Who is the speaker at the secret meeting attended by Yakov and Jossi?
(a) Messiah
(b) Vladimir
(c) Jossi
(d) Simon

8. What does Sarah name the son she bears while her husband, Jossi, is in hiding?
(a) Ari
(b) David
(c) Canaan
(d) Rabin

9. What information is given from the ship regarding the hunger strike?
(a) The number of Jews who have died trying to reach Palestine
(b) The number of hours before the ship self-destructs
(c) The number of children who have passed out from hunger
(d) The number of hours that have passed since the strike began

10. How old is Karen when she leaves the home of her adoptive parents to search for her biological parents?
(a) Thirteen
(b) Twelve
(c) Fifteen
(d) Fourteen

11. Who does Kitty encounter pacing back and forth in the makeshift hospital as she leaves Karen's room?
(a) David
(b) Dov Landau
(c) Mark Parker
(d) Ari

12. Where does Jakov, now known as Barak, live before moving his family to the newest Jewish farming community?
(a) Cyprus
(b) Tennessee
(c) Jordan
(d) Tel Aviv

13. What is the name of the first farm established by the Zion Settlement Society?
(a) Susanna
(b) Star of David
(c) Shoshanna
(d) The Promised Land

14. What new name is given to the ship, The Stonewall Jackson?
(a) Exodus
(b) Dunston Hill
(c) The Promised Land
(d) Apex

15. What is the name of the movement started by Herzl?
(a) Jewism
(b) Nationalism
(c) Stateism
(d) Zionism

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that Dov says he is going to do when he reaches Palestine?

2. Who is the young Jewish boy Major Caldwell is charged with transporting to Jerusalem?

3. Which European country is the first to accept Jews as "equal human beings?"

4. Why does Kitty agree to go to Caraolos?

5. What is the Karpathos?

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