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

2. What does Nuri Salameh worry about in Algeria?
(a) His family members who still live there.
(b) The influx of refugees.
(c) The increase in terrorist activity.
(d) The political climate.

3. To whom had the hill above the airport belonged before the Six-Day War?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Israel.
(c) Palestine.
(d) Syria.

4. What last-minute changes are made to increase the security of the Concorde flights?
(a) Take-off time, radio frequencies, and route.
(b) Take-off time, pilots, and destination.
(c) Refueling procedures, escorts, and route.
(d) Destination, route, and escorts.

5. What does Benjamin Dobkin deduce from the fact that the radios have been jammed?
(a) They're going to be killed.
(b) There will be a news release.
(c) They're going to a secret destination.
(d) The transmitters are inoperational.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Benjamin Dobkin sure Ahmed Rish has chosen the guest house in the ruins as his command center?

2. What is the purpose of the command post/observation post?

3. Why is Jacob Hausner able to take charge of the defenders?

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

5. How does the author say the painters enter to paint the aircraft?

Short Essay Questions

1. What compels Nuri Salameh to plant the bomb aboard the aircraft, although he believes it is "a great sin"?

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

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

4. What factors does Jacob Hausner believe contributed to the success of Ahmed Rish's plan to take over the Concordes?

5. How do the Israelis know that there had to be a spy working inside Israel to effect the capture of the Concorde?

6. What compels the stay-behind members of the Palestinian Auxiliary Corps to shell the Lod Airport?

7. As an Algerian in France, Nuri Salameh is a "stranger in a strange land." Do you think that situation makes a difference in his decision to obey Ahmed Rish and plant the bomb on the aircraft?

8. What reputation do the Jews have regarding terrorism and how is it affecting the present situation?

9. How does Nathan Brin deduce the power source for the radio-controlled bomb?

10. Why do you think Tom Richardson reacts with such great emotion when Teddy Laskov tells him that he has to be careful in giving out the information about the protection being given for the Concordes?

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