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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is in charge while the plane is in flight?
2. What is the purpose of the command post/observation post?
3. What defense do the defenders copy from Archimedes?
4. How does Benjamin Dobkin know the terrorists are Palestinians?
5. What does Isaiah prophecy will be the fate of Babylon?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the metaphor that Ahmed Rish uses about the joker in the deck?
2. How do the Israelis know that there had to be a spy working inside Israel to effect the capture of the Concorde?
3. What leads Benjamin Dobkin to decide that the terrorists are "very clever fellows"?
4. What compels Nuri Salameh to plant the bomb aboard the aircraft, although he believes it is "a great sin"?
5. What change comes over David Becker as he pilots the endangered aircraft?
6. A number of characters feel they have failed when the Lear jet comes into the air space of the Concorde. Who feels responsible for their failure to protect the aircraft, and why?
7. What compels the stay-behind members of the Palestinian Auxiliary Corps to shell the Lod Airport?
8. How does Benjamin Dobkin react to Jacob Hausner's assumption of leadership within the defenders?
9. What is Ummah and why is it important?
10. What old guerrilla trick have the Palestinians learned from the Viet Cong?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Jacob Hausner comes to hope that Teddy Laskov will continue to be Miriam Bernstein's lover. This hope seems a strange one for a man in love. Why do you think that Jacob Hausner would want another man to take his place with the woman he loves? What personal characteristics would he need to feel that kind of hope? In your essay, describe the changes that the events in this story have caused in Jacob Hausner.
Essay Topic 2
The Diaspora - the scattering of captive Jews throughout different lands as a result of captivity - has a strong effect on Jews in Israel as well as on those who are themselves scattered. In your essay, discuss the effect on this story of the Jews in the Iraqi Ummah.
Essay Topic 3
The hot desert wind has many names: Hamseen, Sharav, and Sherji. It has importance as a symbol to the Arabs and Israelis in this story as well as playing a physical part in the outcome of the story. In your essay, explain the effect of the wind on the minds and bodies of the characters.
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