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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Americans decide to do in response to the Saudi threat about the French resolution?
(a) Threaten the Saudis with war if they don't calm down.
(b) Talk directly to the French.
(c) Pretend it didn't happen.
(d) Totally cave.

2. How does the president respond when he hears that the rescue mission was a success?
(a) He is happy.
(b) He is angry because now he has to deal with Moro.
(c) He is angry because now he has to deal with the press.
(d) He is happy but also mad because he now owes Anna a private interview.

3. How does David feel about his plan after he parks the van near the White House?
(a) Regretful.
(b) Full of rage that he has been manipulated so many times.
(c) Very nervous.
(d) Very pleased.

4. What causes some concern about using helicopters during the rescue attempt?
(a) More men will die if something goes wrong.
(b) They can easily be shot down.
(c) The storm is intensifying.
(d) They are easily seen because of their lights.

5. 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 she has evidence proving the Israelis are innocent.
(c) That the government knows who did it but isn't saying.
(d) That she was told by a secret source that they were involved.

6. Where does David park his van?
(a) In front of the Lincoln memorial.
(b) A few blocks from the White House.
(c) In front of the Pentagon.
(d) In front of the Supreme Court.

7. When does David detonate his bomb?
(a) At exactly the moment the French resolution comes up for discussion.
(b) When the limousine he is tracking is in the proper place.
(c) When he receives a secret signal to.
(d) He doesn't; the bomb knows when to detonate itself.

8. Where does David dispose of the rifle he uses in the ambassador's assassination?
(a) A garbage chute in his apartment building.
(b) A dumpster.
(c) The ocean.
(d) A river.

9. What was supposed to happen after David detonated his attache?
(a) He was supposed to let the Israelis arrest him.
(b) He was supposed to let the Palestinians arrest him.
(c) He was supposed to die with it like a suicide bomber.
(d) He was supposed to be rescued by helicopter.

10. Who is Hamed Ali?
(a) The Palestinian ambassador to Israel.
(b) The Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations.
(c) A very famous Palestinian reporter.
(d) The president of Palestine.

11. Why is Uri Doran worried, in Chapter 62?
(a) Because he keeps receiving anonymous threats via email.
(b) He is not worried because he is not a character in this novel.
(c) Because the ambassador has a meeting at the White House.
(d) Because he keeps receiving anonymous threats via cell phone.

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

13. What meeting is Sapp invited to attend as part of his assignment, after returning home from the rescue mission?
(a) Every press conference on the Middle East.
(b) The meeting of the military chiefs.
(c) The National Security Council meeting.
(d) The president's daily security briefing.

14. What does David realize Friedman wanted?
(a) David to rat on the other side.
(b) Him dead.
(c) David to be arrested, but not helped.
(d) More money than he promised.

15. Who does Rapp think of briefly as he heads toward the camp, where the hostages are being held?
(a) Anna.
(b) His mother.
(c) His duty to the president.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the president promise Rapp about the arrest of Petry?

2. What name did David use when flying into New York?

3. Who suspects Friedman in the death of the Palestinian ambassador?

4. Why does David want to flee the area as quickly as possible once the Apaches have left?

5. Once the Saudi ambassador is assassinated, how much time does Rapp want before the president and others inform the FBI about David?

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