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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. How does news of the Jewish death camps affect Tabah?
(a) It didn't affect Tabah at all.
(b) The people of Tabah never heard of the death camps.
(c) It made Jewish and Arab tensions worse.
(d) It lead to more Arab sympathy.

2. Why is Ibrahim nervous about attacking the Jews when they first arrive?
(a) He feels that Gideon is too smart for them.
(b) There is a warning omen in the air.
(c) He knows they are stronger.
(d) Previous attacks have failed.

3. While on his deathbed in Chapter 1, what does Ibrahim's father give him?
(a) A dagger.
(b) A cloak.
(c) A ring.
(d) A book.

4. In Chapter 5, why do sirens go off near the Jewish settlement?
(a) Because someone has broken in.
(b) Because someone has stolen something.
(c) Because there is a storm.
(d) Because the Arabs attack.

5. Who forms the Army of Liberation?
(a) Abdullah.
(b) Heuseinni.
(c) Kaukji.
(d) Ishmael.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gideon tell his friends and family to do after his first visit with the Arabs in Tabah?

2. Who rescues Ibrahim and his family in Part 2, Chapter 16?

3. Why is Tabah considered an enemy village to Gideon?

4. Where does Ishmael attend school when he is nine?

5. When Ibrahim watches the Jewish settlers build terraces for farming, what does he wonder?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Jews do to prepare their land for farming?

2. As a child, what is Ishmael's relationship with the Jews like?

3. What happens during Gideon's meetings with British Colonel Frederick Brompton?

4. In Chapter 16, what do Sheik Azziz and Ibrahim discuss during their trip?

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

6. What is Operation Nachshon?

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

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

9. What happens to the British installations after the attacks led by Kaukji?

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

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