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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. Who is the first person to greet Dr. Cullinane when he arrives in Israel as the book opens?
(a) Bahai Solante.
(b) Jemail Tabari.
(c) Carmel Tewfik.
(d) Mahmoud Akko.

2. To keep his funding for the dig, Cullinane knows he has to produce what?
(a) Scrolls.
(b) Gold.
(c) Results.
(d) Legends.

3. Who perfects the planting techniques developed during Makor's earliest days?
(a) Thurton's sister.
(b) Thor's father.
(c) Urbaal's wife.
(d) Ur's son.

4. In the midst of writing about Makor's earliest inhabitants, the author jumps forward to the present. What does he say Cullinane is doing while Vered is in Chicago?
(a) Talking with sponsors to procure more funds.
(b) Reprimanding workers who are leaking information to the press.
(c) Making plans to dig a dozen more trenches.
(d) Putting together a progress report on the first year of the dig.

5. In 2200 B.C.E., how do the Makor villagers protect themselves?
(a) By training everyone to use spears.
(b) With a mote around their village.
(c) By hiring neighboring warriors to protect them.
(d) With a wall around their village.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is one of the first inhabitants of Makor chasing bees?

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

3. Dr. Vered Bar-El is Israel's top expert in dating what?

4. Urbaal believes his statues were stolen by whom?

5. In 2200 B.C.E., about seven thousand years after Makor is first inhabited, what types of dwellings are found there?

(see the answer key)

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