View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What thought comforts David Becker during the terrifying flight?
(a) He will bring his passengers home alive.
(b) His worst flight has been his best.
(c) He has outwitted Ahmed Rish.
(d) He has a plan to reduce his fear of flying.

2. What nationality is Nuri Salameh and the other workers who are complicit in sabotaging the aircraft?
(a) Algerian.
(b) Palestinian.
(c) Arabian.
(d) French.

3. How does Nuri Salameh feel about the work of sabotage he had done?
(a) It is a defense of the downtrodden.
(b) It is a great sin.
(c) It is a blow against Israel.
(d) It is an act of justice.

4. Why is Miriam Bernstein excited about what the day will bring?
(a) She has fallen in love with Teddy Laskov.
(b) An Arab-Israeli peace conference is beginning.
(c) She is looking forward to a good breakfast.
(d) She is meeting her old friend Abdel Majid Jabari.

5. Why does Jacob Hausner get angry with Naomi Haber?
(a) Naomi Haber attempted to distract Nathan Brin while on duty.
(b) Naomi Haber withheld information about her shooting ability.
(c) Naomi Haber insulted Jacob Hausner.
(d) Naomi Haber is a double agent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Richardson recommend the group do?

3. What is the rabbi's concern about the Concorde flight?

4. Why does Hausner say he mistrusts the peace delegation?

5. What is the Hamseen?

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. What change comes over David Becker as he pilots the endangered aircraft?

4. Why does Jacob Hausner say that he will help find medications that can kill a person if taken in overdose for Benjamin Dobkin?

5. What does the kheffiyah worn by Abdel Majid Jabari symbolize and why does it put him in danger?

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,132 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample