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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. How does Teddy Laskov believe Miriam Bernstein will have been changed by her experience?
(a) She will be more committed to peace than ever.
(b) She will be eager to see him.
(c) She will be cold and aloof.
(d) She will not have changed.

2. Why does Miriam Bernstein try to leave the moving aircraft?
(a) She wants to stay behind with the wounded.
(b) She wants to greet Teddy Laskov.
(c) She wants to find Benjamin Dobkin.
(d) She wants to stay behind with Jacob Hausner.

3. What other group suffered disproportionate losses?
(a) The women.
(b) The interpreters and aides.
(c) The El Al crew.
(d) The peace delegation.

4. What does Jacob Hausner think all their cleverness and strength has accomplished?
(a) Saved them from the attackers.
(b) Earned a place in history books.
(c) Prolonged their suffering.
(d) Bought time for help to arrive.

5. Who is Sayid Talib?
(a) A seller of dates.
(b) A wounded Ashbal.
(c) A Jewish Iraqi.
(d) A spy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Saul Ezer?

2. What information does Chaim Mazar give the joint chiefs?

3. What does Samuel Bartok offer to do regardless of whether the rescue mission succeeds?

4. What language does Benjamin Dobkin speak to the villagers he encounters?

5. What information does Ahmed Rish refuse to give Jacob Hausner?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who suffered disproportionately during the captivity, and why?

2. Once radio contact is established, why doesn't Teddy Laskov ask David Becker if Miriam Bernstein is still alive?

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

4. How and when was Jeremiah's prophecy fulfilled that said, "The sea shall come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof"?

5. Why does Ahmed Rish have to wash his face and hands after his interrogation of Deborah Gideon?

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

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

8. Why does Salem Hamadi understand that their attempt at getting money by taking the passengers of the Concorde 02 is over whether they win or lose the assault?

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

10. What incentives do the young Ashbal fighters have that they did not have during the first attack?

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