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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who has mentored Miriam Bernstein's career in government?
(a) Isaac Burg.
(b) Golda Meir.
(c) Itzhak Talman.
(d) Teddy Laskov.

3. When had the ordnance been left behind by the Arab Legion?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1987.

4. What thought comforts David Becker during the terrifying flight?
(a) He has a plan to reduce his fear of flying.
(b) His worst flight has been his best.
(c) He has outwitted Ahmed Rish.
(d) He will bring his passengers home alive.

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

6. What is the Hamseen?
(a) A Jewish holiday.
(b) The black and white head scarves worn by Palestinians.
(c) The hot desert wind.
(d) An Israeli greeting.

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

8. The author says that Nuri Salameh displays what "ancient Arab character flaw"?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Fear.
(c) Overconfidence.
(d) Confusion.

9. 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.

10. Why does Jacob Hausner consider the flight of the Concordes unusually secure?
(a) The planes have been thoroughly examined.
(b) There is no worry about the passengers being terrorists.
(c) The planes will be monitored throughout the flight.
(d) They have armed escorts.

11. To whom had the hill above the airport belonged before the Six-Day War?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Syria.
(c) Israel.
(d) Palestine.

12. What had the Arab Legion left behind in the hills above the Plain of Sharon?
(a) Three AK47s.
(b) Three spy cameras.
(c) Three 120mm mortars with rounds.
(d) Three machine guns.

13. What does Benjamin Dobkin carry with him to take his own life if he is captured?
(a) Digitalis.
(b) A knife.
(c) Cyanide.
(d) A gun.

14. Why is the escort plane flown by Teddy Lasksov unable to fire on the intruder?
(a) It is too close to the Concordes.
(b) It is carrying explosives.
(c) It is carrying hostages.
(d) It maneuvers too quickly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nuri Salameh feel about the work of sabotage he had done?

2. What does Nuri Salameh worry about in Algeria?

3. What does Peter Kahn see as his mission?

4. How does Tom Richardson reveal himself as a traitor to John McClure?

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

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