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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What offense is committed by Miriam Bernstein?
(a) Inciting to mutiny.
(b) Insubordination.
(c) Refusing to bear arms.
(d) Sleeping on guard duty.

5. How does Benjamin Dobkin kill Sayid Talib?
(a) With a stolen AK47.
(b) With a knife.
(c) With a rock.
(d) With the pazuzu.

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

7. What do the joint chiefs in Jerusalem decide to do?
(a) Ask for an American reconnaissance flight.
(b) Send an Israeli reconnaissance flight.
(c) Give up the idea of a reconnaissance flight.
(d) Request an Iraqi reconnaissance flight.

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

9. Who does the report say freed the defenders?
(a) The Iraqi Jews freed them.
(b) Teddy Laskov freed them.
(c) They freed themselves.
(d) The Israelis freed them.

10. What does Jacob Hausner think all their cleverness and strength has accomplished?
(a) Prolonged their suffering.
(b) Earned a place in history books.
(c) Saved them from the attackers.
(d) Bought time for help to arrive.

11. Which of the attackers makes his way onto the Concorde before it falls from the ledge?
(a) Moshe Kaplan.
(b) Ahmed Rish.
(c) Salem Hamadi.
(d) Salid Tayib.

12. To what Biblical scribe does Miriam Bernstein compare David Becker?
(a) Isaiah.
(b) Jeremiah.
(c) Ezra.
(d) Shear-jashub.

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

14. 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 defenders have to wait only until help arrives.
(c) The defenders have to wait only until the attackers give up.
(d) The attackers have to wait only until the Israelis run out of food.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Major Bartok find ironic about Isaac Burg's account of the incident?

2. What is the Hebrew word for the Hamseen?

3. How does Isaac Burg explain the defenders' success?

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

5. What fortunate excess surprises David Becker and Jacob Hausner?

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