By the Rivers of Babylon Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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By the Rivers of Babylon Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Nelson Demille
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is significant about the room where Ahmed Rish interviews Jacob Hausner and Benjamin Dobkin?
(a) It is the room where Isaiah saw the writing on the wall.
(b) It is the room where Shear-jashub saw the writing on the wall.
(c) It is the room where Nebuchadnezzar saw the writing on the wall.
(d) It is the room where Belshazzar saw the writing on the wall.

2. Who is in charge while the plane is in flight?
(a) Benjamin Dobkin.
(b) Jacob Hausner.
(c) Isaac Burg.
(d) David Becker.

3. How does Ahmed Rish prevent communication between Concorde 02 and anyone else?
(a) He has destroyed their radios.
(b) He has turned down their volume.
(c) He has threatened them if they sent a signal.
(d) He has jammed the radio frequencies.

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

5. What does Nuri Salameh worry about in Algeria?
(a) The influx of refugees.
(b) His family members who still live there.
(c) The political climate.
(d) The increase in terrorist activity.

6. How do the terrorists kill Nuri Salameh?
(a) They drown him.
(b) They stab him.
(c) They shoot him.
(d) They poison him.

7. How does Nuri Salameh keep his supervisor from questioning his presence in the tail of the aircraft after his shift?
(a) Nuri Salameh asks his supervisor to inspect his work.
(b) Nuri Salameh asks his supervisor if it is time to go home.
(c) Nuri Salameh tells his supervisor he has found a flaw.
(d) Nuri Salameh asks his supervisor if the section is ready to be closed.

8. What does Nuri Salameh offer to do in Toulouse?
(a) Hide.
(b) Plant a bomb on another airplane.
(c) Live under an assumed name.
(d) Create a distraction.

9. Why does the guarantee not apply to the Arab members of the peace delegation?
(a) They will automatically be freed.
(b) As Muslims, they can expect no mercy for betraying their countrymen.
(c) They are too valuable as hostages.
(d) They are too important as informants.

10. What is pilot David Becker counting as he flies?
(a) How many escorts are in view.
(b) How many refuelings the flight will require.
(c) How many more takeoffs and landings he will perform.
(d) How many flight miles he has left before New York.

11. What nationality is Nuri Salameh and the other workers who are complicit in sabotaging the aircraft?
(a) Arabian.
(b) Algerian.
(c) Palestinian.
(d) French.

12. What is the second miracle Ahmed Rish says Jews experienced in Babylon?
(a) The water there was turned to wine.
(b) The Euphrates was divided for the Jews to cross.
(c) Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego were saved from the fire.
(d) The Jews were released from their captivity.

13. What is David Becker's worst fear?
(a) A terrorist prison camp.
(b) Flying.
(c) Getting too old to fly.
(d) Being shot down.

14. Why doesn't Naomi Haber want to be a sniper?
(a) She isn't a good shot.
(b) She doesn't think she could kill a person.
(c) She's sympathetic to the Palestinian cause.
(d) She hasn't been trained in artillery fire.

15. What information does General Talman give to Chaim Mazar to thank him for his help?
(a) The possible location of the downed aircraft.
(b) A promise not to reveal his part in the rescue operation.
(c) The possible identity of the traitor.
(d) The information carried by the peace delegates.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ahmed Rish have a grudge against Jacob Hausner?

2. What ultimatum does Ahmed Rish give Jacob Hausner and Benjamin Dobkin?

3. What does Ahmed Rish refer to as the joker in the deck?

4. When does Nuri Salameh believe his fate was determined?

5. What does Richardson recommend the group do?

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