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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 fortunate excess surprises David Becker and Jacob Hausner?
(a) There is more fuel than they had calculated.
(b) There are fewer attackers than they had calculated.
(c) There is more food than they had calculated.
(d) There is more ammunition than they had calculated.

2. What flammable plant makes the west side of the defenses unassailable?
(a) Venus fly traps.
(b) Castor oil bushes.
(c) Stinging nettles.
(d) Tumbleweeds.

3. Why do the attackers continue forward with Israeli forces coming up behind them?
(a) Falling back is certain death at the hands of Ahmed Rish.
(b) They are fatigued and confused.
(c) Capturing a hostage will keep them alive.
(d) The Israelis in front are less well-armed.

4. How many Ashbals participate in the final attack?
(a) More than fifty.
(b) More than seventy.
(c) Fewer than forty.
(d) Fewer than twenty.

5. Why doesn't David Becker get to congratulate Peter Kahn on getting power to the engine?
(a) Kahn falls from the moving aircraft.
(b) Kahn is shot.
(c) Kahn drowns in the Euphrates.
(d) Kahn doesn't survive the ignition of the engine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is helping the rescue operation a no-lose situation for the Iraqi government?

2. What is the problem when Benjamin Dobkin makes telephone contact with Jerusalem?

3. What message does Teddy Laskov radio to Miriam Bernstein?

4. How does Isaac Burg explain the defenders' success?

5. Which colorful character's end is not known, so that he might turn up again in another DeMille novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How have the attackers improved their tactics for the second attack?

2. What advantages does the Sherji, the hot desert wind, give to the attackers?

3. Why does Dr. Al-Thanni recommend that Joshua Giddel make no attempt to rescue Benjamin Dobkin?

4. What does Naomi Haber do that leads to the death of Nathan Brin?

5. Why is Salim Tayid able to survive when none of the other Ashbals attacking the west bank do?

6. What motives does Nathan Burg attribute to Jacob Hausner for wanting to stay behind when the aircraft left the mountaintop?

7. What is Peter Kahn's biggest concern throughout the ordeal?

8. How does Yigael Tekoah become a hero?

9. Which countries are now involved in the events in Babylon?

10. Why does the Prime Minister decide to ask the Americans to do the air reconnaissance mission over Iraq?

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