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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What last-minute changes are made to increase the security of the Concorde flights?
(a) Destination, route, and escorts.
(b) Take-off time, radio frequencies, and route.
(c) Take-off time, pilots, and destination.
(d) Refueling procedures, escorts, and route.

2. What does the intruder order Laskov to do?
(a) Send an "all is well" signal to Jerusalem.
(b) Land at the nearest clear field.
(c) Turn the escort planes back.
(d) Cover the flight of the Concordes.

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

4. What does Richardson recommend the group do?
(a) Commit mass suicide.
(b) Negotiate.
(c) Attempt escape.
(d) Fight to the death.

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

6. Why is Jacob Hausner able to take charge of the defenders?
(a) He has the highest military standing.
(b) He has the highest civilian standing.
(c) He was chosen by vote.
(d) He commands the only trained fighters in the group.

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

8. Why would Tom Richardson and John McClure be able to leave under a flag of surrender?
(a) They are sympathetic to the Palestinian cause.
(b) They are non-combatants.
(c) They speak Arabic.
(d) They are American.

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

10. Why is Jerusalem unable to track the flight of the Concorde and its assailant over land?
(a) They are flying too low.
(b) They are flying blind.
(c) They are too close together.
(d) They are flying too high.

11. What information does General Talman give to Chaim Mazar to thank him for his help?
(a) The possible identity of the traitor.
(b) The information carried by the peace delegates.
(c) The possible location of the downed aircraft.
(d) A promise not to reveal his part in the rescue operation.

12. Who will man the operation against the Lod airport?
(a) Palestinian orphans from Iraq.
(b) Newly recruited members of the Palestinian Auxiliary Corps.
(c) Left-behind members of the Palestinian Auxiliary Corps.
(d) Al-Qaeda operatives.

13. What does Nuri Salameh worry might give him away to the workers passing under the Concorde?
(a) His breathing.
(b) His sweat.
(c) His footsteps.
(d) His sneeze.

14. How do the terrorists kill Nuri Salameh?
(a) They drown him.
(b) They stab him.
(c) They shoot him.
(d) They poison him.

15. What nationality is Nuri Salameh and the other workers who are complicit in sabotaging the aircraft?
(a) Palestinian.
(b) Arabian.
(c) French.
(d) Algerian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What king is identified on all the bricks in Babylon?

2. Why does Nuri Salameh tell his wife dinner will be late?

3. When had the ordnance been left behind by the Arab Legion?

4. Why is Abdel Majid Jabari hated by many Palestinians?

5. What is the purpose of the command post/observation post?

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