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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What ultimatum does Ahmed Rish give Jacob Hausner and Benjamin Dobkin?
(a) They must surrender before sundown.
(b) They must join forces with the attackers.
(c) They must promise not to tell what they have seen.
(d) They must support the Palestinian peace initiative.

3. Why does Ahmed Rish slap Jacob Hausner?
(a) The slap cancels the insult of Jacob Hausner's slapping Ahmed Rish years before.
(b) The slap reminds Jacob Hausner of who is in charge of the situation.
(c) The slap is an accident, a violation of his promise to control his anger.
(d) The slap is a signal to the other assailants.

4. Why does Jacob Hausner think Ahmed Rish has chosen Babylon for a location?
(a) It symbolizes the captivity of the Jews.
(b) It is surrounded by allies.
(c) It is scenic and restful.
(d) It is far from anyone who could help.

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

6. Why does Jacob Hausner get angry with Naomi Haber?
(a) Naomi Haber is a double agent.
(b) Naomi Haber attempted to distract Nathan Brin while on duty.
(c) Naomi Haber insulted Jacob Hausner.
(d) Naomi Haber withheld information about her shooting ability.

7. What does Hausner carry back up the hill to the Concorde?
(a) The weapons of the assailants.
(b) A wounded assailant.
(c) The broken radio of the assailants.
(d) The assailants' water bags.

8. What does Asher Avidar decide to do in response to the attacker's commands?
(a) Bargain for a separate peace.
(b) Fire on them.
(c) Try to outrun them under cloud cover.
(d) Duck below them.

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

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

11. What does Jacob Hausner assign the foreign ministers to do with the clothing in suitcases?
(a) Make dummies.
(b) Cover their heads.
(c) Make slings.
(d) Make bandages.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has secured Babylon's place in history?

2. What is significant about the room where Ahmed Rish interviews Jacob Hausner and Benjamin Dobkin?

3. Why is Jacob Hausner able to take charge of the defenders?

4. What does the intruding plane inform the Concordes?

5. The author says that Nuri Salameh displays what "ancient Arab character flaw"?

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