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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What building in Los Angeles was discussed as a potential American target for al-Qaeda?
(a) The Library Tower.
(b) The Empire Tower.
(c) The Hollywood Tower.
(d) The Sears Tower.

2. What is the name of the mosque where Osama bin Laden normally went to pray on Fridays that was across the Nile from Khartoum in the suburbs of Omdurman?
(a) The Hussein al-Shaffei Mosque.
(b) The Sheikh Abdullah Azzam Mosque.
(c) The Ansar al-Sunnah Mosque.
(d) The Abdul Rasul Sayyaf Mosque.

3. Who was the national coordinator for counterterrorism in the White House in February, 1995?
(a) Nathan Meeker.
(b) Richard A. Clarke.
(c) Whittaker Chambers.
(d) Hussein al-Shaffei.

4. How far from Khartuom was Soba Farm located?
(a) 30 kilometers.
(b) 10 kilometers.
(c) 15 kilometers.
(d) 20 kilometers.

5. What was contained in the Ufundi Building when the Kenyan Embassy was bombed in 1998?
(a) A secretarial college.
(b) A mosque.
(c) An elementary school.
(d) A synagogue.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people did a group of takfiris led by Mohammed Abdullah al-Khalifi kill at a mosque by the Nile in February, 1994?

2. Where had John and Mike Anticev's parents immigrated to the U.S. from?

3. What was Israel's attack on Lebonon on April 11, 1996 called?

4. Where did John O'Neill arrange for a private retreat for FBI and CIA agents on June 25, 1996?

5. Who had just been appointed chief of the FBI's counterterrorism section in February of 1995?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the men who came to Soba Farm have in common, according to the author in Chapter 10?

2. How does the author describe the majority of the new recruits for al-Qaeda in the 1990s in Chapter 18?

3. What were Osama bin Laden's finances like in 1994?

4. Who became al-Qaeda's first traitor? How?

5. Why did Mullah Omar move Osama bin Laden to Kandahar in 1997?

6. How did al-Zawahiri end up at the same compound as bin Laden in 1997?

7. What was I-49? Why was it established?

8. How does Islamic law dictate child custody in the case of divorce?

9. What problems did the Saudis have with Osama bin Laden in May of 1998?

10. Who was Mus'ab's father and how did Egyptian intelligence officials gain information about him?

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