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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom had the hill above the airport belonged before the Six-Day War?

3. What defense do the defenders copy from Archimedes?

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

5. Who does Jacob Hausner say is the most important speaker in the group meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Israelis know that there had to be a spy working inside Israel to effect the capture of the Concorde?

2. Why does Jacob Hausner get little respect from Benjamin Dobkin?

3. What does the kheffiyah worn by Abdel Majid Jabari symbolize and why does it put him in danger?

4. Why does Chaim Mazar hope that Isaac Burg, Benjamin Dobkin, and Miriam Bernstein are all dead?

5. What is Ummah and why is it important?

6. What factors does Jacob Hausner believe contributed to the success of Ahmed Rish's plan to take over the Concordes?

7. Why does Abdel Majid Jabari tell Ibrahim Ali Arif that he is a very self-centered man?

8. What compels Nuri Salameh to plant the bomb aboard the aircraft, although he believes it is "a great sin"?

9. What change comes over David Becker as he pilots the endangered aircraft?

10. What old guerrilla trick have the Palestinians learned from the Viet Cong?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Miriam Bernstein is deeply committed to the peace process and affected by the early events that took her family from her. In your essay, describe the changes that the events in the story have caused to take place in Miriam Bernstein.

Essay Topic 2

Masada is important both as a cautionary tale and as a plan for the trapped defenders. Research the happenings at Masada and write an essay explaining its similarities and differences to the fictional situation in this story, and its importance in the minds of the characters.

Essay Topic 3

The setting is critical to this story. In your essay, outline the cultural and political setting in which the characters find themselves. Consider the contrast between the tourists who will come later in the year to visit the site of the ancient Babylonian captivity and the characters who are themselves actually captive there.

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