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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Rapp during the rescue attempt?
(a) He breaks his leg.
(b) He gets stabbed by a kidnapper.
(c) He his shot.
(d) He is accidentally left behind.

2. How does Kennedy respond to Rapp when he comes to see her after the rescue mission?
(a) She is worried he has compromised security so she has him arrested on the spot.
(b) She confesses that she is in love with him.
(c) She is angry with him for disobeying orders.
(d) She is relieved that he is okay.

3. What does David have in his garage in D.C.?
(a) A scale model of the White House.
(b) Hundered of fake IDs.
(c) A stripped-down van with a bomb inside.
(d) Plans to kill both Anna and Rapp.

4. Why is Rapp not suspicious of the Israelis when the Saudi ambassador is killed?
(a) Because his gut tells him not to be.
(b) Because of the information he has on David.
(c) Because he has information Anna told him but no one else.
(d) Because he knows the Saudis planned this themselves.

5. After the rescue mission, whose point of view does Rapp slowly begin to understand?
(a) Kennedy's.
(b) The president's.
(c) The press's.
(d) Anna's.

6. What does the president promise Rapp about the arrest of Petry?
(a) That it will happen in private, away from everyone else.
(b) That he can witness it.
(c) That Anna can record it for her reporting job.
(d) That it will never happen.

7. Who else was injured, besides Rapp, during the rescue attempt?
(a) Wicker.
(b) One of the children.
(c) No one.
(d) Everyone sustained some kind of injury.

8. When did the rescue operation take place?
(a) Before it was scheduled to.
(b) Exactly when it was scheduled to.
(c) After it was scheduled to.
(d) Never; this is a trick question.

9. What does Rapp think about the involvement of the Israelis in the ambassador's killing?
(a) That they were involved.
(b) That they were involved but will claim they were not.
(c) That they were not involved but will claim they were.
(d) That they were not involved.

10. Where is the credit card from that was used to pay for David's ticket into New York?
(a) A Paris bank.
(b) An English bank.
(c) A Madrid bank.
(d) A Jerusalem bank.

11. What do the Saudis threaten to do if the United States does not do what they wish in regard to the French resolution?
(a) Halt all political negotiations.
(b) Expose the murder attempts the US has done in Saudia Arabia.
(c) Suspend all oil shipments.
(d) Declare formal war.

12. What name did David use when flying into New York?
(a) David Barton.
(b) Samuel Johnson.
(c) Charles Utrillo.
(d) Arthur Samuelson.

13. Where does David return after assassinating the ambassador?
(a) The airport.
(b) The hospital he escaped from.
(c) His hotel so he can get his belongings.
(d) The bus station.

14. What does Anna tell Rapp she is going to report, the morning after their dinner about the ambassador's killing?
(a) That she thinks the Israelis were involved.
(b) That the government knows who did it but isn't saying.
(c) That she was told by a secret source that they were involved.
(d) That she has evidence proving the Israelis are innocent.

15. What does David think will happen after his next plan is carried out?
(a) That he will die in his attempt for peace.
(b) That he will be hailed as a hero in his home country.
(c) That a free Palestinian state will be a reality.
(d) That he will finally be able to make the front page of the papers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does David feel about his plan after he parks the van near the White House?

2. What information on David does Kennedy receive?

3. How does the Saudi ambassador act when he arrives at the White House, in Chapter 63?

4. What is Goldberg worried about politically, in Chapter 53?

5. What does Anna think about the involvement of the Israelis in the ambassador's killing?

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