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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 Ibrahim tell Kabir he must have before leaving Tabah?
(a) An army.
(b) A promise that he can return.
(c) Directions.
(d) The funds.

2. What business do Ibrahim and his brother Farouk own?
(a) A theater.
(b) A coffeehouse.
(c) A hotel.
(d) An after-hours restaurant.

3. Who sides with the Germans as World War II was starting?
(a) The Syrians.
(b) The Arabs.
(c) The Jews.
(d) The Iraqis.

4. In Chapter 12, who is said to have "firmly established a new era and a new principle"?
(a) The Mufti.
(b) The British.
(c) The Special Night Squads.
(d) Ibrahim.

5. What makes Ishmael curious about the kibbutz?
(a) His father's secrecy.
(b) Living next to one.
(c) Gideon's talks.
(d) Reading the Koran.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Ishmael's brothers feel about him attending school?

2. Where does Ibrahim hide the night before he is set to take a boat to Beirut?

3. What does kibbutz of Shemesh propose to Ibn Yussuf?

4. Why is Kaukji seeking revenge against Tabah?

5. In Chapter 5, why do sirens go off near the Jewish settlement?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Ibrahim goes to the bank to withdraw money to pay for the boat he needs to go to Gaza?

2. What surprises the Arabs when they attack the Jews for the first time?

3. What is Gideon's role after the news of the Jewish death camps?

4. How do the Mufti increase Arab violence toward Jews?

5. What have groups of Arab leaders begun doing since the mention of a partition of Palestine?

6. What advice does Brompton give regarding Plan D?

7. What role does Fawzi Kabir play in displacing Arabs from Palestine?

8. What happens when Ibrahim refuses to give money or men to the Mufti and the Arab Higher Committee?

9. When Gideon and Foote meet in a Jerusalem restaurant to discuss the events in Tabah that worry them, what do they focus on?

10. How does Ibrahim's father pass on power before he dies?

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