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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isaiah prophecy will be the fate of Babylon?
(a) It will never again be remembered.
(b) It will never again be inhabited.
(c) It will be conquered by Assyrians.
(d) It will never again conquer the Jews.

2. What does Jacob Hausner learn from the explosion of Concorde 01?
(a) The capability of the attackers.
(b) The location of the bomb.
(c) The odds against outrunning the attackers.
(d) The seriousness of the attackers.

3. What does Ahmed Rish refer to as the joker in the deck?
(a) The terrorists in the Middle East.
(b) The bomb on the plane.
(c) The saboteur in the group.
(d) The Palestinians in Israel.

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

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

6. 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 flight miles he has left before New York.
(d) How many more takeoffs and landings he will perform.

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

8. How do the terrorists dispose of Nuri Salameh's body?
(a) They put it under the floor.
(b) They burn it in the incinerator.
(c) They put it in the garbage.
(d) They put it in the river.

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

10. What does Ahmed Rish say will be his first act upon landing?
(a) Killing Teddy Laskov.
(b) Killing those who disobey him.
(c) Killing all the Concord 02 passengers.
(d) Killing Jacob Hausner.

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

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

13. Why is Abdel Majid Jabari hated by many Palestinians?
(a) He is a general who has fought against Palestine.
(b) He is a Palestinian who has made a separate peace with Israel.
(c) He is a failed Palestinian operative.
(d) He is a spy who has betrayed Palestinian activists.

14. Why is Jacob Hausner able to take charge of the defenders?
(a) He has the highest civilian standing.
(b) He has the highest military standing.
(c) He was chosen by vote.
(d) He commands the only trained fighters in the group.

15. How does Benjamin Dobkin know the terrorists are Palestinians?
(a) The Palestinian peace representatives recognize the voice of Ahmed Rish.
(b) Jacob Hausner recognizes the voice of Ahmed Rish.
(c) The Palestinian group has claimed responsibility.
(d) The Lear jet has Palestinian markings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the guarantee not apply to the Arab members of the peace delegation?

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

3. Why does Hausner say he mistrusts the peace delegation?

4. According to Psalms, what did the ancient Babylonians require of the captured Jews?

5. What does Benjamin Dobkin carry with him to take his own life if he is captured?

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