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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ahmed Rish have a grudge against Jacob Hausner?
(a) Jacob Hausner humiliated Ahmed Rish by striking him under interrogation.
(b) Jacob Hausner tortured Ahmed Rish during interrogation.
(c) Jacob Hausner killed Ahmed Rish's family.
(d) Jacob Hausner broadcast Ahmed Rish's description.

2. What does Ahmed Rish guarantee Jacob Hausner and Benjamin Dobkin?
(a) No Israelis will be killed if they surrender.
(b) All Israelis will be released.
(c) No Israelis will be killed.
(d) No Israelis will be tortured if they tell the truth.

3. Why does the rabbi tell Jacob Hausner the religious observances are important?
(a) They are important for morale.
(b) They are important for unity.
(c) They are important for spirituality.
(d) They are important for appearances.

4. Why does Nuri Salameh tell his wife dinner will be late?
(a) He has an important errand to do first.
(b) He wants to ride his bicycle.
(c) He has to meet with a friend.
(d) He will be late coming home from work.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has mentored Miriam Bernstein's career in government?

2. How do the terrorists kill Nuri Salameh?

3. Why does the guarantee not apply to the Arab members of the peace delegation?

4. What does Richardson recommend the group do?

5. What does Benjamin Dobkin deduce from the fact that the radios have been jammed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What unusual defense strategies do the defenders develop as they wait for the second attack?

2. Why does Jacob Hausner get little respect from Benjamin Dobkin?

3. Why is Golda Meir's quotation inspiring?

4. Why does Abdel Majid Jabari tell Ibrahim Ali Arif that he is a very self-centered man?

5. What leads Benjamin Dobkin to decide that the terrorists are "very clever fellows"?

6. A number of characters feel they have failed when the Lear jet comes into the air space of the Concorde. Who feels responsible for their failure to protect the aircraft, and why?

7. As Benjamin Dobkin watches the attackers advance, he thinks that he would give them a low grade on tactics. What do they do wrong?

8. What old guerrilla trick have the Palestinians learned from the Viet Cong?

9. How does Benjamin Dobkin react to Jacob Hausner's assumption of leadership within the defenders?

10. What other military group had Teddy Laskov belonged to before he fought for Israel, and why had he left it?

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