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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the rabbi's concern about the Concorde flight?
(a) That they offer a prayer for safe travel.
(b) That they arrive in New York before the Sabbath begins at sundown.
(c) That they fast and pray for the peace they will negotiate.
(d) That they serve only kosher food on the flight.

2. What information does Chaim Mazar give the joint chiefs?
(a) The identity of the spy, Miriam Bernstein.
(b) The identity of the spy, Tom Richardson.
(c) The identity of the spy, Jacob Hausner.
(d) The identity of the spy, John McClure.

3. Why does the guarantee not apply to the Arab members of the peace delegation?
(a) They are too important as informants.
(b) They will automatically be freed.
(c) They are too valuable as hostages.
(d) As Muslims, they can expect no mercy for betraying their countrymen.

4. What does Samuel Bartok offer to do regardless of whether the rescue mission succeeds?
(a) Take the Iraqi Jews home to Israel.
(b) Kill the remaining Ashbals.
(c) Tell the story of what happened in Babylon.
(d) Hunt down and kill Ahmed Rish.

5. Why does Hausner say he mistrusts the peace delegation?
(a) They are too determined to have peace at any price.
(b) They are too poorly educated.
(c) They are too optimistic and trusting.
(d) They are too judgmental and harsh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miriam Bernstein think her mother could have written?

2. Why does Teddy Laskov go into the stratosphere on the way home?

3. How does Nuri Salameh feel about the work of sabotage he had done?

4. What does the Pazuzu represent?

5. How does Miriam Bernstein respond to Teddy Laskov's message?

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