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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. What is the rabbi's concern about the Concorde flight?

2. What has Tom Richardson come to get from Teddy Laskov?

3. For what does Tom Richardson apologize to Teddy Laskov?

4. What does Teddy Laskov want to know from Miriam Bernstein?

5. What does Nuri Salameh worry about in Algeria?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Golda Meir's quotation inspiring?

4. What similarities do the defenders see between themselves and those at Masada?

5. What unusual defense strategies do the defenders develop as they wait for the second attack?

6. What compels the stay-behind members of the Palestinian Auxiliary Corps to shell the Lod Airport?

7. Why does Jacob Hausner believe it important to establish the chain of command?

8. What compels Nuri Salameh to plant the bomb aboard the aircraft, although he believes it is "a great sin"?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The Pazuzu is a powerful symbol in this story, representing different things to different people. In your essay, analyze its significance to the Arab attackers, to Benjamin Dobkin, and to Rabbi Levin. Whose understanding of the Pazuzu turns out to be more accurate?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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