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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miriam Bernstein hope to gain personally in New York?
(a) Information about her missing husband.
(b) Information about her parents.
(c) Information about her missing son.
(d) Contact with Teddy Laskov.

2. What did Jacob Hausner bring with him that impresses Benjamin Dobkin?
(a) Cyanide pellets.
(b) A psychological profile and identikit on Ahmed Rish.
(c) Ammunition.
(d) An extra generator.

3. Why is Miriam Bernstein excited about what the day will bring?
(a) She is meeting her old friend Abdel Majid Jabari.
(b) She has fallen in love with Teddy Laskov.
(c) An Arab-Israeli peace conference is beginning.
(d) She is looking forward to a good breakfast.

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 too low.
(c) They are too close together.
(d) They are flying blind.

5. What does Benjamin Dobkin deduce from the fact that the radios have been jammed?
(a) There will be a news release.
(b) They're going to a secret destination.
(c) They're going to be killed.
(d) The transmitters are inoperational.

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

7. What last-minute changes are made to increase the security of the Concorde flights?
(a) Refueling procedures, escorts, and route.
(b) Take-off time, radio frequencies, and route.
(c) Destination, route, and escorts.
(d) Take-off time, pilots, and destination.

8. Where is Miriam Bernstein's husband, Yosef?
(a) In a prison camp in Libya.
(b) At home in bed in Jerusalem.
(c) Missing and presumed dead in Syria.
(d) Preparing for the conference in New York.

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

10. What does Peter Kahn see as his mission?
(a) To get the APU to power the Concorde.
(b) To build the defensive line.
(c) To make radio contact with Jerusalem.
(d) To train the defenders in weaponry.

11. What does Babylon symbolize in the Bible?
(a) Aggression, overcoming, and pride.
(b) Ingenuity, persistence, and ambition.
(c) Pride, carnality, and sin.
(d) Weakness, sloth, and degeneracy.

12. How does Tom Richardson reveal himself as a traitor to John McClure?
(a) He is heard making radio contact with Rish.
(b) He tries to stop the emergency landing.
(c) He is the only one who knows where they are.
(d) He is discovered with a suitcase full of money.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Benjamin Dobkin know the terrorists are Palestinians?

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

3. To what bird does the writer compare the aircraft?

4. Who is a last-minute addition to the flight on Concorde 01?

5. What is the rabbi's concern about the Concorde flight?

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