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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Salem Hamadi learn from the officer in the rear area?
(a) Benjamin Dobkin made contact with Jerusalem.
(b) Help is on the way from Jerusalem.
(c) The Ashbals are in rebellion against Ahmed Rish.
(d) The Jewish Iraqis have helped Benjamin Dobkin.

2. What do the joint chiefs in Jerusalem decide to do?
(a) Request an Iraqi reconnaissance flight.
(b) Send an Israeli reconnaissance flight.
(c) Give up the idea of a reconnaissance flight.
(d) Ask for an American reconnaissance flight.

3. Why is Jerusalem unable to track the flight of the Concorde and its assailant over land?
(a) They are flying too low.
(b) They are flying too high.
(c) They are too close together.
(d) They are flying blind.

4. Why do the attackers continue forward with Israeli forces coming up behind them?
(a) Falling back is certain death at the hands of Ahmed Rish.
(b) Capturing a hostage will keep them alive.
(c) They are fatigued and confused.
(d) The Israelis in front are less well-armed.

5. Why is the defense of the downed aircraft a battle of attrition?
(a) The attackers have to wait only until the Israelis run out of ammunition.
(b) The defenders have to wait only until the attackers give up.
(c) The defenders have to wait only until help arrives.
(d) The attackers have to wait only until the Israelis run out of food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jacob Hausner say will be their first action if they are overrun?

2. Why does the foreign minister think Jacob Hausner stayed behind?

3. What does Nuri Salameh worry might give him away to the workers passing under the Concorde?

4. Why does Jacob Hausner think he has been cursed rather than blessed when he escapes death again?

5. What is the problem when Benjamin Dobkin makes telephone contact with Jerusalem?

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