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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 the intruder order Laskov to do?
(a) Send an "all is well" signal to Jerusalem.
(b) Turn the escort planes back.
(c) Cover the flight of the Concordes.
(d) Land at the nearest clear field.

2. What do the passengers vote to do as the plane is landing?
(a) Surrender upon landing.
(b) Fight on the ground.
(c) Request a modification in terms.
(d) Fight in the air.

3. Who does Jacob Hausner say is the most important speaker in the group meeting?
(a) The defense minister.
(b) The military attaché.
(c) The rabbi.
(d) The captured assailant.

4. Who is in charge while the plane is in flight?
(a) Benjamin Dobkin.
(b) David Becker.
(c) Isaac Burg.
(d) Jacob Hausner.

5. What is David Becker's worst fear?
(a) Flying.
(b) Being shot down.
(c) A terrorist prison camp.
(d) Getting too old to fly.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Psalms, what did the ancient Babylonians require of the captured Jews?

2. Why does the rabbi tell Jacob Hausner the religious observances are important?

3. Why is Miriam Bernstein excited about what the day will bring?

4. What has secured Babylon's place in history?

5. Who is a last-minute addition to the flight on Concorde 01?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What similarities do the defenders see between themselves and those at Masada?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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