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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 happens a few days before the Arab Higher Committee forms?
(a) Mufti build a fortress.
(b) A sand storm.
(c) An Arab riot.
(d) Jews smash the windows of a Mosque.

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

3. Who does Ibrahim have find out why the Jews flooded the canals?
(a) Ishmael.
(b) Fawzi.
(c) Roge.
(d) Farouk.

4. When Ibrahim tells the people of Tabah to evacuate, what is Farouk responsible for bringing with him?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Books.
(c) Livestock.
(d) Grains.

5. Where does Ishmael attend school when he is nine?
(a) Ramle.
(b) Syria.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Tabah.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does an Arab attack a woman in 1925 that causes everyone to worry about a revenge attack?

2. After meeting daily with Ben-Gurion, what compromise does Gideon reach?

3. How did the Jews respond to the first offer of a partitioned country?

4. What is the name of the King of Jordan's army?

5. What makes Ishmael curious about the kibbutz?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Operation Nachshon?

2. Why does Ibrahim have a feast for Kabir when he arrived in Tabah?

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

4. What happens when Bockmann visits the Mufti in Jerusalem in 1937?

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

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

7. What happens to Ramiza's first born son?

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

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

10. As a child, what does Ishmael think about his religion?

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