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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. What does Jacob Hausner believe Ahmed Rish will do with all hostages?
(a) Lie about releasing them.
(b) Send them home with misinformation.
(c) Torture them for information.
(d) Kill them.

2. What has secured Babylon's place in history?
(a) Its Ishtar Gate still stands.
(b) It has risen like a phoenix to new glory.
(c) Its utter destruction fulfilled Biblical prophecy.
(d) Its hanging gardens have never been duplicated.

3. To what bird does the writer compare the aircraft?
(a) A crane.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A heron.
(d) An ibis.

4. What is the rabbi's concern about the Concorde flight?
(a) That they serve only kosher food on the flight.
(b) That they arrive in New York before the Sabbath begins at sundown.
(c) That they fast and pray for the peace they will negotiate.
(d) That they offer a prayer for safe travel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the intruder order Laskov to do?

2. Why does Ahmed Rish slap Jacob Hausner?

3. Where is Miriam Bernstein's husband, Yosef?

4. What ultimatum does Ahmed Rish give Jacob Hausner and Benjamin Dobkin?

5. Who does Jacob Hausner say is the most important speaker in the group meeting?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Abdel Majid Jabari's position in the Knesset tell us about the Jewish leadership?

3. Why does Jacob Hausner believe it important to establish the chain of command?

4. How many civilizations overran Iraq in ancient history, and which did the worst destruction?

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. Why does Chaim Mazar hope that Isaac Burg, Benjamin Dobkin, and Miriam Bernstein are all dead?

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