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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three, Babylon, The Ishtar Gate: Chapters 21-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Miriam Bernstein excited about what the day will bring?
(a) An Arab-Israeli peace conference is beginning.
(b) She is looking forward to a good breakfast.
(c) She is meeting her old friend Abdel Majid Jabari.
(d) She has fallen in love with Teddy Laskov.

2. What does Jacob Hausner learn from the explosion of Concorde 01?
(a) The odds against outrunning the attackers.
(b) The seriousness of the attackers.
(c) The capability of the attackers.
(d) The location of the bomb.

3. What does Ahmed Rish guarantee Jacob Hausner and Benjamin Dobkin?
(a) No Israelis will be killed if they surrender.
(b) No Israelis will be tortured if they tell the truth.
(c) All Israelis will be released.
(d) No Israelis will be killed.

4. What is the Hamseen?
(a) The black and white head scarves worn by Palestinians.
(b) An Israeli greeting.
(c) A Jewish holiday.
(d) The hot desert wind.

5. Why doesn't Naomi Haber want to be a sniper?
(a) She doesn't think she could kill a person.
(b) She's sympathetic to the Palestinian cause.
(c) She hasn't been trained in artillery fire.
(d) She isn't a good shot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miriam Bernstein hope to gain personally in New York?

2. What does Jacob Hausner assign the foreign ministers to do with the clothing in suitcases?

3. What fortunate excess surprises David Becker and Jacob Hausner?

4. What does Hausner carry back up the hill to the Concorde?

5. For what does Hausner first risk leaving the Concorde's position on the hill?

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