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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 Ari learn about the situation in Jerusalem from Avidan?
(a) That Jerusalem has fallen
(b) That Ari will have to lead the battle in Jerusalem
(c) That the situation is critical
(d) That Jerusalem is secure

2. What code name is given to the flights flown by Tex to bring in refugees?
(a) Operaion Genesis
(b) Operation Stretch
(c) Operation Exodus
(d) Operation Magic Carpet

3. Where are Dov and Akiva held after their capture?
(a) The Palestine Prison
(b) The Acre Jail
(c) Gan Dafna
(d) The Synagogue

4. What name do the Jews give Wednesday, November 27, 1947?
(a) Wonderful Wednesday
(b) Day of Death
(c) Black Thursday
(d) Black Wednesday

5. What is the fate of the seventy-seven Jewish doctors accompanying a Red Cross convoy that is attacked by the Arabs?
(a) They are tortured for information
(b) They are hanged
(c) They are killed and hacked to pieces
(d) They are taken hostage

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ari say he hears "twenty times a day" from those under his command?

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

3. What ballet performance do Kitty, Karen and Bruce Sutherland attend at the Habima National Theater?

4. What does Kitty propose happen to the situation between herself and Kitty as they face the possibility of all out war?

5. What name is used for Jerusalem?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it that the Israeli army isn't attacking all Arab villages?

2. What risky plan is concocted to get children out of Gan Dafna?

3. What are some of the issues faced by the pilot called Tex during his flight with the one hundred forty-two Yemenites?

4. After the raid, Akiva is shot. Why does he then say that he must be taken to some hidden place?

5. What effect does the radio cast have on the Jewish forces?

6. What does Dov tell Karen about his desire to live during his time in the jail and hiding in the mountains?

7. Describe the last ditch effort of the Arabs to overrun Tirat Tsvi.

8. What happens to the weapons aboard the Vesuvius and to the ship?

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

10. Why does Kitty feel fear when she sees Karen leading the parade?

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