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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 has David Becker done throughout the standoff?
(a) Fired on the attackers.
(b) Worked on the generator.
(c) Tended the wounded.
(d) Kept a log.

2. What does Jacob Hausner say will be their first action if they are overrun?
(a) Shoot Ahmed Rish.
(b) Surrender.
(c) Rescue the wounded.
(d) Shoot the wounded.

3. Why is Saul Ezer encouraged by the delegates in New York?
(a) It is the most intelligent group he has seen.
(b) It is the most congenial group he has seen.
(c) It is the most well-briefed group he has seen.
(d) It is the most varied group he has seen.

4. Which of the attackers makes his way onto the Concorde before it falls from the ledge?
(a) Salem Hamadi.
(b) Moshe Kaplan.
(c) Ahmed Rish.
(d) Salid Tayib.

5. What does Jacob Hausner order Miriam Bernstein to do before the final battle?
(a) Tell him goodbye.
(b) Tend the wounded.
(c) Get into the Concorde.
(d) Learn to shoot.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the unarmed women defenders make it sound as though Israeli defenses are stronger?

2. Why does Teddy Laskov go into the stratosphere on the way home?

3. Who is Sayid Talib?

4. What does Major Bartok find ironic about Isaac Burg's account of the incident?

5. What keeps Salem Hamadi from murdering Ahmed Rish?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the guard recognize that Benjamin Dobkin is not an Ashbal?

2. Why does Miriam Bernstein believe that Jacob Hausner wanted to stay behind?

3. What is the purpose of Ibrahim Arif's taunting of Salem Hamadi?

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

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

6. How does Yigael Tekoah become a hero?

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

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

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

10. 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?

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