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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. When had the ordnance been left behind by the Arab Legion?
2. How does Nuri Salameh feel about the work of sabotage he had done?
3. How do the terrorists dispose of Nuri Salameh's body?
4. What thought comforts David Becker during the terrifying flight?
5. What does Jacob Hausner believe Ahmed Rish will do with all hostages?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Golda Meir's quotation inspiring?
2. Why does Jacob Hausner believe it important to establish the chain of command?
3. How many civilizations overran Iraq in ancient history, and which did the worst destruction?
4. How do the Israelis know that there had to be a spy working inside Israel to effect the capture of the Concorde?
5. A number of characters feel they have failed when the Lear jet comes into the air space of the Concorde. Who feels responsible for their failure to protect the aircraft, and why?
6. How does Nathan Brin deduce the power source for the radio-controlled bomb?
7. What does Abdel Majid Jabari's position in the Knesset tell us about the Jewish leadership?
8. As Benjamin Dobkin watches the attackers advance, he thinks that he would give them a low grade on tactics. What do they do wrong?
9. Why does Abdel Majid Jabari tell Ibrahim Ali Arif that he is a very self-centered man?
10. What similarities do the defenders see between themselves and those at Masada?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Jacob Hausner comes to hope that Teddy Laskov will continue to be Miriam Bernstein's lover. This hope seems a strange one for a man in love. Why do you think that Jacob Hausner would want another man to take his place with the woman he loves? What personal characteristics would he need to feel that kind of hope? In your essay, describe the changes that the events in this story have caused in Jacob Hausner.
Essay Topic 2
The Pazuzu is a powerful symbol in this story, representing different things to different people. In your essay, analyze its significance to the Arab attackers, to Benjamin Dobkin, and to Rabbi Levin. Whose understanding of the Pazuzu turns out to be more accurate?
Essay Topic 3
The Diaspora - the scattering of captive Jews throughout different lands as a result of captivity - has a strong effect on Jews in Israel as well as on those who are themselves scattered. In your essay, discuss the effect on this story of the Jews in the Iraqi Ummah.
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