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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 ploy is used to board the ship carrying the arms from Naples?
(a) That a crew member has set a bomb on the ship
(b) That a crew member is planning a mutiny
(c) That the ship is harboring a criminal
(d) That the ship has someone on board with an infectious disease

2. What is the name of the road David helps establish?
(a) The Jerusalem Road
(b) The Burma Road
(c) The Pig Trail
(d) The Barak Byway

3. What does Kitty suggest should be done with babies and the younger children in the event of a siege?
(a) That they be sent ot America
(b) That they be turned over as hostages to avoid death
(c) That they be evacuated to someplace safer
(d) That they be hidden in the woods

4. Why is the landing of the arms shipment by the Maccabees a problem?
(a) The plane is carrying an atom bomb
(b) The plane has no Israeli clearance
(c) There's an official truce
(d) The plane is carrying infectious disease

5. What is the name given to the Jewish state in Palestine?
(a) The State of Palestine
(b) The Star of David
(c) The State of Israel
(d) The United Jews

Short Answer Questions

1. What weapon is given to the people of Safed?

2. What promise is given the captain of the ship carrying arms from Naples?

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

4. What mistake does Barak say that Ari has made in understanding what Kitty wants from him?

5. What is Foster McWilliam's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the question facing the Jews after they are granted a state?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What prophecy seems to be fulfilled with the final battle against the Egyptians?

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

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

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

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