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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. What does Kitty discover when she goes to the hotel desk the morning after their argument on the balcony?
(a) That he's waiting for her at the pier
(b) That he's already checked out
(c) That he's been shot
(d) That he's not angry with her

2. What sentence is passed on Dov and Akiva?
(a) They are to be released
(b) They are to be hanged
(c) They are to be shot
(d) They are to be killed in gas chambers

3. What does Taha say that Ari must do to prove they are truly brothers?
(a) Take him to Fort Esther
(b) Give him arms
(c) Take a blood oath
(d) Give him Jordana

4. What fate does Karen learn has befallen her father?
(a) He was taken hostage
(b) He was imprisoned for his work with the Maccabees
(c) He was killed in Jerusalem
(d) He was tortured by the Gestapo

5. Why is Zev not killed once he's caught in the barbed wire?
(a) The soldiers know Zev will die and don't want to waste ammunition
(b) The soldiers are giving Zev a chance to get away
(c) The soldiers want to save his life
(d) The soldiers plan to take him alive to torture him

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Ari give the farmers at Shoshanna bloc to aid in their battle against the Arabs?

2. What is the name used by the radio announcer who declares the Israel has established an independent state?

3. What spurs the farmers at Shoshanna bloc to such anger that they rout the Arabs?

4. What is the password on the night Dov Landau returns to Gan Dafna?

5. What does Ari say Safed has become?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the message contained in the letter from Dov Landau?

2. What two things happen in Karen's life that make Kitty believe she now has a chance of taking the girl to America?

3. Why does Ari dislike the order to attack the city of Abu Yesha?

4. How does the newspaper in Tel Aviv report about the battles being won by the Jews? Why?

5. What "artificial" ammunition is used by Ari in his quest to protect Gan Dafna and why?

6. What does Barak point out about the options the fleeing Arabs have available?

7. What action do the Palmach night patrols take that makes life miserable for the Arabs in Safed and why is it successful?

8. What activities occupy the Jews forced to live underground in the Huleh Valley? What impact does this have on the people?

9. What ploy had been used to rally the Arabs? Does it work?

10. What Biblical scene is compared to the death of Major Fred Caldwell?

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