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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. Under the leader Uriel, Makor is prosperous, having developed a monetary system utilizing what?
(a) Feathers and leaves.
(b) Rubies and pearls.
(c) Rocks and seashells.
(d) Silver and gold.

2. The history of Makor begins with the family of a man named what?
(a) Thor.
(b) Ur.
(c) Urbaal.
(d) Thurton.

3. How many people from Zadok's tribe have been chosen by El-Shadai to move west?
(a) Fifty-eight.
(b) Nine thousand.
(c) Seven hundred.
(d) Eleven.

4. As Rahab predicted, there is trouble between the Hebrews and the Canaanites, and it stems from what?
(a) Differences in religion.
(b) Differences in language.
(c) Strong dislike between both groups.
(d) Strong jealousy betwen leaders.

5. Dr. Vered Bar-El is Israel's top expert in dating what?
(a) Bone fragments.
(b) Pottery fragments.
(c) Cloth samples.
(d) Soil samples.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the Hebrews attack and burn Makor, the surviving Canaanites agree to do what?

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

3. Where do Yigal and his group go to in order to protest against the Romans to Petronius?

4. When Makor is part of the Seleucid Empire, the Jews living there respect the deities of other cultures but worship their god named _____.

5. After Roman armies overtake the town of Makor, what happens to its Jewish residents?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Makor is like around 2200 B.C.E.

2. Why does the leader of the Canaanites accept Zadok and his people?

3. What is the outcome of the battle between Zadok's people and Uriel's people?

4. How are Timon and Shelomith saved?

5. Why do the priests of Makor have Urbaal killed?

6. What are archaeologists hoping to find at Makor?

7. Describe Hoopoe's engineering projects.

8. What type of relationship do the Roman architect Timon and his Jewish wife Shelomith have?

9. When Michener fast forwards to the present-day dig at Makor in the chapter "Yigal and His Three Generals," what is Cullinane learning about the Ashkanazi and the Sephardi?

10. What time and money investment will be required to complete the dig at Makor? How much finances does Cullinane have on hand?

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