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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Moshe Kaplan's sacrifice accomplish?
(a) Killed Ahmed Rish.
(b) Killed the entire invading group.
(c) Nothing; it was a waste.
(d) Killed attackers and warned the defenders.

2. What does Samuel Bartok offer to do regardless of whether the rescue mission succeeds?
(a) Take the Iraqi Jews home to Israel.
(b) Hunt down and kill Ahmed Rish.
(c) Tell the story of what happened in Babylon.
(d) Kill the remaining Ashbals.

3. What other group suffered disproportionate losses?
(a) The interpreters and aides.
(b) The El Al crew.
(c) The women.
(d) The peace delegation.

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

5. Why does Jacob Hausner think he has been cursed rather than blessed when he escapes death again?
(a) He wants the responsibility to be someone else's.
(b) He doesn't want to have to kill Ahmed Rish.
(c) He wants the peril to end.
(d) He wants to die.

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

7. Why doesn't Joshua Giddel attack the guest house that is the attackers' headquarters?
(a) He doesn't know how well-armed the building is.
(b) He wants to get to the hill to help the defenders.
(c) He can't find it.
(d) He suspects Israeli captives are alive inside.

8. Why do the attackers continue forward with Israeli forces coming up behind them?
(a) The Israelis in front are less well-armed.
(b) Falling back is certain death at the hands of Ahmed Rish.
(c) Capturing a hostage will keep them alive.
(d) They are fatigued and confused.

9. Why does John McClure think Tom Richardson speaks Arabic?
(a) John McClure thinks Tom Richardson is multilingual.
(b) John McClure suspects Tom Richardson is the traitor.
(c) John McClure knows Tom Richardson grew up in the Middle East.
(d) John McClure knows Tom Richardson is a skilled diplomat.

10. How does Ibrahim Arif support the defense effort?
(a) By taunting the Palestinian orphans.
(b) By taunting the defenders to make them angrier.
(c) By taunting Ahmed Rish and Salem Hamadi.
(d) By taunting Jacob Hausner.

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

12. How do the unarmed women defenders make it sound as though Israeli defenses are stronger?
(a) They shout like warriors.
(b) They play tape-recorded sounds of battle.
(c) They play war movies in the airplane.
(d) They bang metal together.

13. What does Major Bartok find ironic about Isaac Burg's account of the incident?
(a) The defenders didn't want for the rescuers.
(b) A peace delegation defeated an armed force.
(c) Women overcame men.
(d) Israelis defeated Palestinians.

14. What does Jacob Hausner say will be their first action if they are overrun?
(a) Shoot Ahmed Rish.
(b) Rescue the wounded.
(c) Shoot the wounded.
(d) Surrender.

15. Why does Teddy Laskov show the colors to the passengers on the C-130s?
(a) It is good for morale.
(b) To let them know he is on their side.
(c) To identify his sudden presence.
(d) It is a show of defiance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will happen to Ahmed Rish and Salem Hamadi if the attack fails?

2. What do Benjamin Dobkin and Itzhak Talman recommend to the joint chiefs of staff in Jerusalem?

3. What makes Babylon so difficult for outside help to access?

4. Why does Teddy Laskov go into the stratosphere on the way home?

5. Why does Ahmed Rish need to keep the defenders alive?

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