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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ingrid remind Karen of to help calm her down?
(a) In just a few hours, they'll have media exposure.
(b) In just a few hours they'll take their pills.
(c) In just a few hours, they'll be rich.
(d) In just a few hours, they will detonate the explosives.

2. What are coco-de-mer also known as?
(a) Love nuts.
(b) Love apples.
(c) Coconut apples.
(d) Beach nuts.

3. What alerts him that someone is nearby at the creek?
(a) The smell of aftershave.
(b) Someone coughs.
(c) The smell of perfume.
(d) The smell of tobacco smoke.

4. What is the next deadline that Ingrid announces?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Two P.M.
(c) One A.M.
(d) Noon.

5. After the murders, what does the British government agree to do?
(a) Provide the 170 million dollars.
(b) Free the men the terrorists asked for.
(c) Provide the extra plane.
(d) Provide the safe passage.

6. Who begs Ingrid not to use the explosives on board when condition Delta is initiated?
(a) Caliph.
(b) Karen.
(c) Kurt.
(d) Henri.

7. What does Peter have no difficulty selecting?
(a) His response team.
(b) His acting second for this situation.
(c) His response weaponry.
(d) His forward observation post.

8. How do the South Africans want to respond?
(a) They want to blow up the plane and all on board.
(b) They want to negotiate.
(c) They want to storm the plane.
(d) They want to ignore the incident entirely.

9. What conclusion does Peter draw about Ingrid's demands that worries him?
(a) Someone within Atlas is commiting treason.
(b) Some demands are irrational.
(c) Her deadline is supposed to fail.
(d) Some of her requests are impossible.

10. Which objects did the Seychelles Police Force ignore when the two young couples go through security at the Victoria airport in Mahe?
(a) Baked goods from the locale.
(b) Mesh bags with coco-de-mer.
(c) Computer bags with disks.
(d) Camera bags and film.

11. How is Peter tricked into stopping the car?
(a) An accident site blocking the road.
(b) A woman flags him down.
(c) Police pull him over.
(d) A truck stops in front of him.

12. What conclusion does Peter draw from the ambush in the Maserati?
(a) That they knew he would be there.
(b) That they were trying to take Magda alive.
(c) That they hoped he was dead.
(d) That they wanted the car.

13. How long does the first penetration drill take?
(a) Eleven seconds.
(b) Fifteen seconds.
(c) Twenty-five seconds.
(d) Twenty seconds.

14. Where does Magda want them to retire to?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) The Bahamas.
(c) The Florida Keys.
(d) A chain of islands she owns off Tahiti.

15. How much money is part of their demands?
(a) One million Krugerrands.
(b) One million dollars.
(c) One million pounds.
(d) One million in bullion.

Short Answer Questions

1. After he is hit, where does he try to go?

2. What gift does Magda buy Peter?

3. Where does Peter go afterward?

4. What trade do the kidnappers offer for Melissa-Jane's life?

5. What do Peter and Altmann discuss after a day on the slopes?

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