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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. Why does Hausner say he mistrusts the peace delegation?

2. What does Benjamin Dobkin deduce from the fact that the radios have been jammed?

3. What does Nuri Salameh offer to do in Toulouse?

4. How does Nuri Salameh keep his supervisor from questioning his presence in the tail of the aircraft after his shift?

5. What does Nuri Salameh worry might give him away to the workers passing under the Concorde?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Dr. George Habash's quotation frightening?

2. How do the Israelis know that there had to be a spy working inside Israel to effect the capture of the Concorde?

3. Why does Abdel Majid Jabari tell Ibrahim Ali Arif that he is a very self-centered man?

4. What is the metaphor that Ahmed Rish uses about the joker in the deck?

5. What reputation do the Jews have regarding terrorism and how is it affecting the present situation?

6. Why is Teddy Laskov unsure of his standing with Miriam Bernstein?

7. What leads Benjamin Dobkin to decide that the terrorists are "very clever fellows"?

8. Why do you think Tom Richardson reacts with such great emotion when Teddy Laskov tells him that he has to be careful in giving out the information about the protection being given for the Concordes?

9. How does Benjamin Dobkin react to Jacob Hausner's assumption of leadership within the defenders?

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

The kheffiyah (keffiyah) plays an important role in this story, as it both identifies and disguises characters. Write an essay explaining how an article of clothing can carry such weight of identity. Use scenes from the story in which characters either identify or disguise themselves to make your point.

Essay Topic 2

What do you make of the fact that even hardened warriors like Jacob Hausner can quote from the Talmud by heart or that even a villain like Ahmed Rish believes in the ancient Babylonian god of wind and death? In your essay, discuss the effect of belonging to an ancient civilization on the modern characters in this story.

Essay Topic 3

What irony do you see in that fact that Arabic and Hebrew are so closely related linguistically? "Salaam," the Arabic word for peace, and "Shalom," the Hebrew word for peace, are examples. In your essay, discuss the following question: What more is required to produce peace than linguistic similarity?

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