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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The young girl says she would like to learn how to __________, but she is too old for coeducational learning.
(a) Draw.
(b) Make more money.
(c) Do math problems.
(d) Read.

2. Jews were rarely oppressed or exterminated by Muslims as they were by _____________.
(a) Other Jews.
(b) Christians.
(c) Wanderers.
(d) Atheists.

3. Zohar says that if his parents had not remained in Israel, he would have become a ___________ in the refugee camps.
(a) Guerrilla.
(b) Wanderer.
(c) Prisoner.
(d) Cook.

4. A publication in 1950 said that so many Christians had converted to Islam over the years that ________ blood was an acceptable substitute.
(a) Muslim.
(b) Christian.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Atheist.

5. Religious opposition to ___________ is fused with the Western theme of scheming to control international banking, politics, and news.
(a) Holidays.
(b) Converting.
(c) Preaching.
(d) Usury.

6. The small fires which are lit help to ________ and to delimit the vast expanses of land.
(a) Break up.
(b) Confuse.
(c) Focus.
(d) Narrow.

7. Shipler describes the similarity between a __________ ceremony with the Bedouin and a Jewish passover.
(a) Hand washing.
(b) Seder.
(c) Fish.
(d) Wine.

8. How long is the encounter for the teens who stay together at Neve Shalom?
(a) A year.
(b) A month.
(c) A week.
(d) Four days.

9. ___________ guards at the camp range from brutal to humane, depending on the individual.
(a) Arabic.
(b) African.
(c) Israeli.
(d) European.

10. Because the tribesmen have no quarrel with the ____________, they are treated kindly, remarkably generously in the opinion of many of the Bedouin.
(a) Children.
(b) Jews.
(c) Arabs.
(d) Women.

11. Where do the women on the radio program and her new partner meet during competing demonstrations?
(a) Hebrew University.
(b) Student Workshops.
(c) Temple.
(d) Government Square.

12. A young Palestinian asks to be called Gamal as he fears additional _________ if he is found.
(a) Military retribution.
(b) Shunning.
(c) Torture.
(d) Military service.

13. By _________, however, students are feeling angry and personally betrayed.
(a) 1984.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1993.
(d) 2001.

14. The first image of fire is a small campfire that ____________ light as soon as they stop in a given place.
(a) Israelis.
(b) Men.
(c) Foreigners.
(d) Nomads.

15. "A __________ girl doesn't have to wait for an opportunity to move next door," said one Arab woman.
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Loose.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Smart.

Short Answer Questions

1. ___________ seems to grip the imaginations of Muslim students, according to Shipler.

2. All teachers and government workers are required to receive clearance from the ____________, though mostly Arabs are regularly investigated.

3. With the rise of ___________ in the seventh century, an Arab-Jewish symbiosis flowered.

4. Under Muslim control, Jews adapted their _____________ to fit local conditions.

5. According to Shipler, during this time, who ranked below the national average in petty crime?

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