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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Neve Shalom was conceived in 1970 as an ___________ community.
(a) Intrusive.
(b) Interfaith.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Integrated.

2. The program allows teens to break down ___________ and confront stereotypes.
(a) Barriers.
(b) Worry.
(c) Illusions.
(d) Fears.

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

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

5. The Proclamation of Independence called for ________ inhabitants to preserve the peace and to build the new state as equals.
(a) Jewish.
(b) Male.
(c) All.
(d) Arab.

6. _________ is the name of a prison camp constructed in southern Lebanon.
(a) Tugoht.
(b) Ansar.
(c) Anwar.
(d) Phiillt.

7. ___________ seems to grip the imaginations of Muslim students, according to Shipler.
(a) Sadness.
(b) Reconciliation.
(c) Peace.
(d) Martyrdom.

8. On the first day, the students are told to do nothing but pass each other and _________________.
(a) Make eye contact.
(b) Smile.
(c) Touch hands.
(d) Greet each other.

9. Shipler describes the prison camp as a squalid _______, stinking of sewage and garbage.
(a) Hospital.
(b) Place.
(c) Ditch.
(d) Sore.

10. What is the name of the Palestinian girl who found connections with a group of Jewish girls, only to disconnect from them after the sieges of Ramallah?
(a) Mali.
(b) Rita.
(c) Reta.
(d) Tala.

11. A reporter Shipler brought with him to the prison camp was a survivor of ______________.
(a) Heart disease.
(b) Auschwitz.
(c) Polio.
(d) Cancer.

12. Camel caravans used to take 18 days to reach Cairo, so they would only occur __________ times a year.
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

13. All teachers and government workers are required to receive clearance from the ____________, though mostly Arabs are regularly investigated.
(a) Prime Minister.
(b) PLO.
(c) Shin Beth.
(d) Mossad.

14. The blood _______ which holds that Jews mix the blood of innocent Christian children into the dough for the Passover matzo.
(a) Libel.
(b) Decree.
(c) Book.
(d) Myth.

15. Intermarriages are illegal and must be conducted _______________.
(a) In a temple.
(b) Outside the country.
(c) In a basement.
(d) In a mosque.

Short Answer Questions

1. A publication in 1950 said that so many Christians had converted to Islam over the years that ________ blood was an acceptable substitute.

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

3. "A __________ girl doesn't have to wait for an opportunity to move next door," said one Arab woman.

4. Which of these answers is the name for Israel's main overseas intelligence agency?

5. ____________ suffer more overt opposition from their parents than their partners do.

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