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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 item does Kitty hand Karen that convinces Karen's decision to go to America?

2. How had the Jews reclaimed the alkaline land of Beth Ha-Arava?

3. What does Jordana do when she learns of David's death?

4. What does Ari say Safed has become?

5. Who is called on to write a summary of the issue with Arab refugees?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is the policy and the attitude of Israel as refugees pour in?

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

8. What is the effect of the rescue of Dov and Akiva on the British?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the concentration camps as seen by David as he tries to figure out how to get 300 people out of them.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Gan Dafna.

Essay Topic 3

Why was it necessary that the story drop back in time to Russia in 1884 in order to tell the story of Ari? Was it effective to the story?

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