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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the next step the children of the Exodus pledge after the hunger strike has gone on for days?

2. What is the Karpathos?

3. What task is Ari given by his father that ends with his being beaten?

4. Where does Dov go for supplies while trapped in the Warsaw ghetto with his family?

5. Who does Yakov marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sutherland say about the ability to frighten residents of the camp into submission?

2. Officials discuss the situation with the Exodus. List at least two recommended courses of action.

3. After twenty years, the Rabinsky brothers see no change in their new home. What is reason the farms fail?

4. What is the answer to the question of how to raise children born on the commune farms?

5. What is the full quote Mark sees upon his arrival to Cyprus, and where does it come from?

6. David, one of the adults aboard the Exodus, is asked whether they should give in to demands and return the children to port. What is his reply?

7. What does Simon say about Jakov and Jossi attending the secret meetings?

8. What is the fate of Dafna?

9. Describe the exchange between Kitty and Ari when she sees the hog pen at his parent's farm.

10. Describe the significance of the row of toilets in the concentration camp where the Orthodox Jews are being held.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the instances of "divine inspiration" and cases in which prophecies of the Bible seem to be fulfilled during the war.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the lives of Jakov and Jossi.

Essay Topic 3

Why is the ideal of Israel and home so important to many of the Jews?

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