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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Bee Eater & Of Death and Life, pp. 87-171.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 2200 B.C.E., about seven thousand years after Makor is first inhabited, what types of dwellings are found there?
(a) Underground chambers.
(b) Mud-brick houses.
(c) Stone palaces.
(d) Canvas tents.

2. John Cullinane is attracted to Vered Bar-el, but she is not interested in him since she's already engaged to whom?
(a) Eliav.
(b) Zodman.
(c) Tabari.
(d) Ohana.

3. The early inhabitants of Makor spend less and less time hunting and more time doing what?
(a) Tending fields.
(b) Chasing bees.
(c) Raising sheep.
(d) Building homes.

4. Dr. John Cullinane is a respected what?
(a) Physician.
(b) Archaeologist.
(c) Ambassador.
(d) Reporter.

5. After Cullinane gives a preparatory lecture explaining plans and procedures to the staff at the dig before excavations begin, what does he do?
(a) Answers questions.
(b) Returns to Chicago for a month.
(c) Goes on a date.
(d) Faints from heat exhaustion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Urbaal killed?

2. Cullinane and his group start digging up artifacts at Makor, including a bullet, a coin and a menorah but _____.

3. As the book opens, Dr. John Cullinane arrives where?

4. In addition to a castle the team is looking for, the archaeologists believe that the Makor site will reveal what else?

5. Returning to the earliest days of Makor, the author writes that someone saves Ur's daughter from a dog about to attack. Who saves her?

(see the answer key)

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