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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Cullinane and his associates work on the excavation site, they live and eat where?
(a) Kibbutz.
(b) Tents.
(c) Luxury hotel.
(d) Budget motel.

2. Who is Rahab, the one who predicts trouble between the Hebrews and the Canaanites?
(a) Zadok's wife.
(b) Uriel's mother.
(c) Uriel's wife.
(d) Zadok's mother.

3. How old is Yigal in the year 67 C.E.?
(a) Fifty-three.
(b) Forty-one.
(c) Sixty-seven.
(d) Eighty-nine.

4. When Makor becomes part of the Seleucid Empire, how are the Jews living there encouraged?
(a) The emperor appoints fifty Jewish men to prominent leadership positions.
(b) The best, most fertile land of Makor is given to the Jews.
(c) A hundred new homes are built for the Jews.
(d) The emperor allows the Jews to worship their own god as they wish.

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

6. Who arrives in Makor to help Yigal and his people fight against invading armies?
(a) Pontius.
(b) Josephus.
(c) Eustacian.
(d) Sephardi.

7. In "The Voice of Gomer," why are the Hebrews facing reprisals from Yahweh?
(a) For sailing to Turkey.
(b) For eating lamb.
(c) For their stubbornness.
(d) For leaving Babylonia.

8. After the Hebrews attack and burn Makor, the surviving Canaanites agree to do what?
(a) Continue to worship Baal.
(b) Leave immediately.
(c) Accept El-Shaddai.
(d) Farm the land.

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

10. Dr. Cullinane's expedition is being managed and administered by archaeologist Ilan Eliav, who works for a _____.
(a) Private library.
(b) Corporate sponsor.
(c) Government ministry.
(d) Public university.

11. In the first chapter, the archaeologists are sure they've found the castle they're looking for in _____.
(a) Row 1.
(b) Row 2.
(c) Trench B.
(d) Trench A.

12. Zadok and his people follow El-Shadai's orders and cross the Jordan into the land of:
(a) Isaac Naphtali.
(b) Epher Ibsha.
(c) The Canaanites.
(d) The Hebrews.

13. As the book opens, Dr. John Cullinane arrives where?
(a) Holy Land.
(b) Hollywood.
(c) Bollywood.
(d) Greenland.

14. Who is Kerith?
(a) General from Makor.
(b) General from Jerusalem.
(c) Hoopoe's slave.
(d) Hoopoe's wife.

15. Cullinane and his group start digging up artifacts at Makor, including a bullet, a coin and a menorah but _____.
(a) All these items came from Persia.
(b) They were planted there by Eliav as a prank.
(c) These items went missing the next day.
(d) None are from the time period of the castle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the outcome of the meeting that Petronius holds with Jewish leaders in Galilee?

2. To keep his funding for the dig, Cullinane knows he has to produce what?

3. The governor of Makor gives sanctuary to Gershom, who is a what?

4. What is the name of Gomer's son?

5. Who is the first person to greet Dr. Cullinane when he arrives in Israel as the book opens?

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