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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 does Jacob Hausner say is the most important speaker in the group meeting?
2. How does Nuri Salameh feel about the work of sabotage he had done?
3. What is the rabbi's concern about the Concorde flight?
4. What is pilot David Becker counting as he flies?
5. What does the Pazuzu represent?
Short Essay Questions
1. What old guerrilla trick have the Palestinians learned from the Viet Cong?
2. What is the metaphor that Ahmed Rish uses about the joker in the deck?
3. 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?
4. Why does Jacob Hausner get little respect from Benjamin Dobkin?
5. How many civilizations overran Iraq in ancient history, and which did the worst destruction?
6. How does Nathan Brin deduce the power source for the radio-controlled bomb?
7. Why is Teddy Laskov unsure of his standing with Miriam Bernstein?
8. What compels the stay-behind members of the Palestinian Auxiliary Corps to shell the Lod Airport?
9. Why does Abdel Majid Jabari tell Ibrahim Ali Arif that he is a very self-centered man?
10. What factors does Jacob Hausner believe contributed to the success of Ahmed Rish's plan to take over the Concordes?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Miriam Bernstein is deeply committed to the peace process and affected by the early events that took her family from her. In your essay, describe the changes that the events in the story have caused to take place in Miriam Bernstein.
Essay Topic 2
Dramatic irony takes place when the reader knows vital information that the characters do not. There is one place in this story where dramatic irony is in full effect. In your essay, discuss that situation and the effect that it has upon the suspense of a reader.
Essay Topic 3
Authors write for many purposes: to inform, to entertain, to persuade, or some combination of the three. In this essay, analyze what you think DeMille's purpose is in writing this story. Can you attribute an underlying purpose besides entertainment to the work? If so, what is it? Use quotations from the story to support your opinion.
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