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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three, Babylon, The Ishtar Gate: Chapters 21-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the purpose of the command post/observation post?
(a) Runners can bring information and carry away orders.
(b) Fighters can rally around it.
(c) The flag there encourages the fighters.
(d) Ammunition is stored there.

2. What does the intruding plane inform the Concordes?
(a) There are suicide bombers aboard each plane.
(b) There are radio-controlled bombs aboard each plane.
(c) There are terrorists aboard each plane.
(d) There are radio-controlled missiles aimed at each plane.

3. Who will man the operation against the Lod airport?
(a) Left-behind members of the Palestinian Auxiliary Corps.
(b) Newly recruited members of the Palestinian Auxiliary Corps.
(c) Palestinian orphans from Iraq.
(d) Al-Qaeda operatives.

4. For what does Hausner first risk leaving the Concorde's position on the hill?
(a) To reach the radio in the command center.
(b) To negotiate with Ahmed Rish.
(c) To attempt to assassinate Ahmed Rish.
(d) To capture the weapons of the dead assailants.

5. Why would Tom Richardson and John McClure be able to leave under a flag of surrender?
(a) They are non-combatants.
(b) They are American.
(c) They speak Arabic.
(d) They are sympathetic to the Palestinian cause.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Benjamin Dobkin deduce from the fact that the radios have been jammed?

2. How does Ahmed Rish prevent communication between Concorde 02 and anyone else?

3. Why is Jerusalem unable to track the flight of the Concorde and its assailant over land?

4. What flammable plant makes the west side of the defenses unassailable?

5. Why does Jacob Hausner think Ahmed Rish has chosen Babylon for a location?

(see the answer key)

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