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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 Miriam Bernstein think her mother could have written?
(a) The family genealogy.
(b) The account of the Holocaust.
(c) A diary.
(d) The Ravensbruck poem.

2. What does Major Bartok find ironic about Isaac Burg's account of the incident?
(a) A peace delegation defeated an armed force.
(b) Israelis defeated Palestinians.
(c) The defenders didn't want for the rescuers.
(d) Women overcame men.

3. What does Jacob Hausner decide never to tell Miriam Bernstein?
(a) That Ahmed Rish knows about her missing husband.
(b) That no one knows about her missing husband.
(c) That he, Jacob Hausner, knows about her missing husband.
(d) That Teddy Laskov knows about her missing husband.

4. How does Isaac Burg explain the defenders' success?
(a) They fought to defend peace as mothers defend cubs.
(b) They had well-trained combatants to teach them.
(c) Self-defense is reflexive.
(d) They were fighting to defend life and limb.

5. Why is Teddy Laskov unable to shoot the attackers?
(a) They are too close to the defenders.
(b) They are covered by the dusty wind.
(c) They are out of his range.
(d) They are too scattered.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the Hebrew word for the Hamseen?

3. What two options does Jacob Hausner reject?

4. Why does Jacob Hausner think he has been cursed rather than blessed when he escapes death again?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Miriam Bernstein believe the role of the scribe is so important?

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

3. To what do the prophet Jeremiah - and the author, Nelson DeMille - credit the successful freeing of the Babylonian captives?

4. 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?

5. Why do Jacob Hausner and Nathan Burg conclude that the conduct of a war is too important to be left to politicians?

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

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

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

9. Why does Nathan Burg veto the idea of attempting an escape at night?

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

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