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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ahmed Rish manage to wound Jacob Hausner?
(a) By shooting him from behind.
(b) By mocking his failure as head of security for the flight.
(c) By throwing sand in his face.
(d) By attacking with a concealed knife.

2. What fortunate excess surprises David Becker and Jacob Hausner?
(a) There is more food than they had calculated.
(b) There are fewer attackers than they had calculated.
(c) There is more fuel than they had calculated.
(d) There is more ammunition than they had calculated.

3. What does Jacob Hausner encourage Moshe Kaplan to do?
(a) Take an outpost position to warn the others.
(b) Collect ammunition for Naomi Haber.
(c) Attempt to shoot Ahmed Rish.
(d) Attempt an escape down the west side.

4. Why is Saul Ezer encouraged by the delegates in New York?
(a) It is the most well-briefed group he has seen.
(b) It is the most congenial group he has seen.
(c) It is the most intelligent group he has seen.
(d) It is the most varied group he has seen.

5. What will happen to Ahmed Rish and Salem Hamadi if the attack fails?
(a) They will be tried in an Israeli court.
(b) They will be forced to commit suicide.
(c) They will be tried in an international court.
(d) They will be killed by their own men or other Palestinians.

6. Which colorful character's end is not known, so that he might turn up again in another DeMille novel?
(a) Tom Richardson.
(b) John McClure.
(c) Jacob Hausner.
(d) Ahmed Rish.

7. Who is Saul Ezer?
(a) A U.N. interpreter.
(b) An Ashbal combatant.
(c) A permanent Israeli peace delegate to the U.N.
(d) An Arab representative to the U.N.

8. What does Jacob Hausner decide never to tell Miriam Bernstein?
(a) That he, Jacob Hausner, knows about her missing husband.
(b) That Ahmed Rish knows about her missing husband.
(c) That Teddy Laskov knows about her missing husband.
(d) That no one knows about her missing husband.

9. Why is the defense of the downed aircraft a battle of attrition?
(a) The attackers have to wait only until the Israelis run out of ammunition.
(b) The attackers have to wait only until the Israelis run out of food.
(c) The defenders have to wait only until help arrives.
(d) The defenders have to wait only until the attackers give up.

10. What does Jacob Hausner order Miriam Bernstein to do before the final battle?
(a) Get into the Concorde.
(b) Learn to shoot.
(c) Tell him goodbye.
(d) Tend the wounded.

11. What role does Shear-jashub say Jews in Babylon have played in history?
(a) They were the center of Jewish culture and learning.
(b) They suffered on behalf of the entire culture.
(c) They taught Jewish beliefs to the Babylonians.
(d) They integrated Jews into the larger world.

12. How does the high command in Jerusalem learn of the location of the downed Concorde 02?
(a) Radio transmission.
(b) High-altitude infrared photographs.
(c) Reports from a nearby village.
(d) Guessing from military experience.

13. Why does Miriam Bernstein think Jacob Hausner stayed behind?
(a) To capture Ahmed Rish.
(b) To avoid facing an inquiry.
(c) For the honor of the sacrifice.
(d) For the sake of the others.

14. What information does Ahmed Rish refuse to give Jacob Hausner?
(a) Yosef Bernstein was shot down and killed.
(b) Benjamin Dobkin is alive.
(c) Deborah Gideon is alive.
(d) Tom Richardson was the spy.

15. What does Peter Kahn finally succeed in doing?
(a) Making radio contact with Jerusalem.
(b) Repairing the broken wing of the aircraft.
(c) Arming the non-combatants with homemade hand grenades.
(d) Getting ignition for the Concorde engine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Teddy Laskov unable to shoot the attackers?

2. How many Ashbals participate in the final attack?

3. How do the unarmed women defenders make it sound as though Israeli defenses are stronger?

4. What is shared by all of Miriam Bernstein's dead loved ones?

5. What two options does Jacob Hausner reject?

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