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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. When the city of Safed is about to be transferred over to Arab control, what do the Arabs want?
(a) Additional homes built to accomodate more families.
(b) The Jews to leave.
(c) A new mayor.
(d) Additional time to work out all the details.

2. Why does the widow Zipporah seek Cullinane's help?
(a) She's attracted to Cullinane and simply wants more time with him.
(b) She wants a job at the dig but nobody will hire her.
(c) She wants to marry someone but can't get permission to do so.
(d) She wants to become an archaeologist but doesn't know where to start.

3. Why does Volkmar stop to talk with a group of Jews in Acre?
(a) He wants their help in trading with the Mamelukes.
(b) He wants to learn more about their religion.
(c) He wants to know what is happening in Jerusalem.
(d) He wants to bring more Jews to Makor.

4. Shmuel Hacohen seeks help from the leader of Tubariyeh to do what?
(a) Ask the Sultan to send a delegation to Spain.
(b) Bring the rest of his family to Tubariyeh.
(c) Acquire land where incoming Jews can settle.
(d) Collect enough money to sail to Italy.

5. When does intense fighting between Arabs and Jews begin in Safed?
(a) May 6, 1948.
(b) August 19, 1948.
(c) December 12, 1947.
(d) February 3, 1947.

Short Answer Questions

1. Abd Umar believes that in not accepting Muhammad, Christians and Jews are what?

2. When Tabari offers Shmuel Hacohen Jewish books, what does Hacohen do?

3. In order for a Byzantine basilica to be built in Makor, what must be destroyed to make room for it?

4. After sailing for Salonica in 1541 before the Inquisition reaches Italy, where do Rabbi Zaki and his family ultimately settle?

5. Of the four members of Rabbi Eliezer's family, which ones survive and find refuge?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the leader of Tiberias, known as Tubariyeh, found along the Sea of Galilee in 1880 C.E.?

2. What does Tabari say about the constitution reformers when he meets with his superior?

3. Why does Makor fall so easily into Abd Umar's hands?

4. In the chapter "The Tell," what does Cullinane realize about Bar-El as he looks at pictures of her from newspaper clippings?

5. In Safed, why does Rabbi Itzik of Vodzh decline to join the Jews who are singing in preparation for battle prior to the city being turned over to Arab rule?

6. Why does the shoemaker Rabbi Zaki feel that he, his wife, and their family must leave their city of Podi, Italy?

7. Who is Shmuel Hacohen, and what does he want from Tabari?

8. Why does Hacohen purchase Jewish books from Tabari?

9. Why does a priest, Father Vilspronck, come to Tell Makor in the last chapter?

10. Describe Abd Umar and his background.

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