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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. There is too much bitterness between the Arabs and the Jews for them to generate ________ about themselves or each other.
(a) Stories.
(b) Conversations.
(c) Treaties.
(d) Jokes.

2. It is believed that ______________ changed the Jews.
(a) The Zionists.
(b) The Torah.
(c) Imperialism.
(d) Wars.

3. Shipler begins to describe the history of the Palestinian and the Israeli ________ to help the reader gain perspective.
(a) Arabs.
(b) Americans.
(c) Tourists.
(d) Jews.

4. The expulsion of all ____________ from the city is demanded as a result of the incident in Jerusalem.
(a) Tourists.
(b) Arabs.
(c) Jews.
(d) Children.

5. Shipler notes that a shift in tactics to assaults on select individuals backfired when applied to ___________ in the West Bank.
(a) Arab Muslims.
(b) Armies.
(c) Palestinians.
(d) Jews.

6. Through contact with individual __________, Arabs often soften their stance and realize the danger of their stereotyping.
(a) Arabs.
(b) Jews.
(c) Insurgents.
(d) Children.

7. Rumors spread of a ___________ accomplice and foreign tourists fitting that description are rounded up for questioning.
(a) Child.
(b) Female.
(c) Caucasian male.
(d) Asian male.

8. Those who are citizens of _________ are less feared than those people in the West Bank.
(a) Israel.
(b) Iran.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Iraq.

9. Shipler claims that at the time he and his family lived in Jerusalem, it was safer than _____________.
(a) Ramallah.
(b) Mogadishu.
(c) New York City.
(d) Chicago.

10. What is the only integrated community in Israel, according to this chapter?
(a) Nazareth.
(b) Ramallah.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Bethlehem.

11. Israeli hardliners play up the power of the Arabs, lest others try to understand their ____________.
(a) Beliefs.
(b) Culture.
(c) Greed.
(d) Motives.

12. Violence and counter violence have become not just byproducts of political battles, but also the origin of new __________.
(a) Rifts.
(b) Anger.
(c) Terrorist acts.
(d) Directions.

13. Only a small percentage of Israelis identify themselves as _____________.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Violent.
(c) Hopeful.
(d) Religious.

14. The opening of this chapter talks about the two day celebration of the Day of ____________.
(a) War.
(b) Remembrance.
(c) Souls.
(d) Honor.

15. Critics see no need to meet the enemy personally as they already know what ___________ are like.
(a) Tourists.
(b) Arabs.
(c) Foreigners.
(d) Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. Settlers referred to their occupation of the territories as ______________.

2. The opening at the beginning of the book is a wandering of the streets of ____________ from sunrise to high noon.

3. What is dangerously high for the Arab population, causing concern for the Jewish inhabitants?

4. Shipler explains that Middle Easterners have always felt the need to pigeonhole new acquaintances by their __________.

5. A 13-year-old __________ boy is upset by the anti-Arab bigotry and is called a traitor, a PLO supporter and a communist.

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