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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What will happen to Jacob Hausner if he stays concealed after the attackers have passed him?
(a) He will kill Ahmed Rish.
(b) He will die.
(c) He will survive.
(d) He will be a hero.

3. Why do Isaac Burg and Jacob Hausner agree that the time has come to give no orders?
(a) Individual survival instincts will take over.
(b) People no longer trust their leadership.
(c) People would disobey and scatter.
(d) The leaders are not sure what's best to do.

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

5. What solution does Miriam Bernstein propose?
(a) Forming a Masada suicide pact.
(b) A frontal assault against the invaders.
(c) Attacking the small force on the west side.
(d) Bargaining with Ahmed Rish.

6. Why is the defense of the downed aircraft a battle of attrition?
(a) The defenders have to wait only until help arrives.
(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 the attackers give up.

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

8. How has Miriam Bernstein put Jacob Hausner in a compromising position?
(a) Jacob Hausner must show no feeling, but he loves her.
(b) Jacob Hausner must condemn the woman he loves to death.
(c) Jacob Hausner has converted to her ideas of peaceful negotiation.
(d) Jacob Hausner must appear to be impartial, but he loves her.

9. Why does Ahmed Rish need to keep the defenders alive?
(a) The defenders can testify that Ahmed Rish treated them fairly.
(b) Without hostages, Ahmed Rish has no power to negotiate.
(c) Ahmed Rish wants to torture the defenders.
(d) Ahmed Rish does not want to be tried for murder.

10. What information does Chaim Mazar give the joint chiefs?
(a) The identity of the spy, Tom Richardson.
(b) The identity of the spy, Miriam Bernstein.
(c) The identity of the spy, John McClure.
(d) The identity of the spy, Jacob Hausner.

11. What connection does Benjamin Dobkin, like most Jews, have with Babylon?
(a) He had sworn never to visit there.
(b) His ancestors had probably lived there.
(c) He had made a religious pilgrimage there.
(d) He had visited as a tourist.

12. How long does the second attack last?
(a) All night.
(b) Thirty-nine minutes.
(c) Two hours and fifteen minutes.
(d) Seventeen minutes.

13. What language does Benjamin Dobkin speak to the villagers he encounters?
(a) English.
(b) Hebrew.
(c) Aramaic.
(d) Arabic.

14. To what has Ahmed Rish's fighting force been reduced at the end?
(a) Fewer than one hundred of the original two hundred.
(b) Fewer than forty of the original one hundred and fifty.
(c) Fewer than one hundred and fifty of the original five hundred.
(d) Fewer than two dozen of the original one hundred and fifty.

15. How many of Jacob Hausner's security team were killed?
(a) Six out of six.
(b) Three out of four.
(c) Five out of six.
(d) None of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has David Becker done throughout the standoff?

2. Why is helping the rescue operation a no-lose situation for the Iraqi government?

3. How does the high command in Jerusalem learn of the location of the downed Concorde 02?

4. Why is the language similarity between Hebrew and Arabic ironic?

5. How does Miriam Bernstein respond to Teddy Laskov's message?

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