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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three, Babylon, The Ishtar Gate: Chapters 30-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What first lets Nuri Salameh know he will not be going home from the meeting with Ahmed Rish?
(a) They meet in a hidden place.
(b) Ahmed Rish rejects his offer to go to Toulouse.
(c) The terrorists grab him suddenly.
(d) Ahmed Rish tells him.

2. What approaches the Concorde flights unexpectedly?
(a) An unidentified airplane.
(b) A civilian Lear jet.
(c) A military Lear jet.
(d) An earth-to-air missile.

3. What ritual proceeding does the rabbi call a "strange custom"?
(a) Waiting until after the Sabbath to bury the dead.
(b) Covering the faces of the dead.
(c) Saying prayers on behalf of the dead.
(d) Refusing to bury nonbelievers.

4. What does the intruder order Laskov to do?
(a) Turn the escort planes back.
(b) Send an "all is well" signal to Jerusalem.
(c) Cover the flight of the Concordes.
(d) Land at the nearest clear field.

5. What does Asher Avidar decide to do in response to the attacker's commands?
(a) Fire on them.
(b) Bargain for a separate peace.
(c) Duck below them.
(d) Try to outrun them under cloud cover.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miriam Bernstein hope to gain personally in New York?

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

3. What does Nuri Salameh worry about in Algeria?

4. What do the passengers vote to do as the plane is landing?

5. Who does Jacob Hausner say is the most important speaker in the group meeting?

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