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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Palestinians assume that their schools, jobs, villages, and refugee camps are filled with _____________.
(a) Informants.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Jews.
(d) Possibilities.

2. Another danger of interracial mingling, according to statements in this chapter, is the risk of ________.
(a) Change.
(b) Damnation.
(c) Rape.
(d) Melting pot societies.

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

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

5. Israel keeps no statistics on ____________, according to Shipler's findings.
(a) Births.
(b) Land ownership.
(c) Intermarriages.
(d) Marriage.

6. Which of these answers is the name for the organization which handles internal police matters?
(a) Neither.
(b) Shin Beth.
(c) Mossad.
(d) Both.

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

8. When one of two partners in the marriage converts, the ceremony is said to have taken place between two ____________.
(a) Hypocrites.
(b) Co-religionists.
(c) Blasphemers.
(d) Outcasts.

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

10. Shipler continues to find both groups of students hopefully ______________, trying to change their ways of thinking.
(a) Civil.
(b) Skeptical.
(c) Resilient.
(d) Peaceful.

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

12. ____________ by non-Israeli Arabs sharpened the government's security concerns.
(a) Peace.
(b) Discussions.
(c) Assemblies.
(d) Terrorism.

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

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

15. Ancient Greeks and modern Europeans both sought to assimilate the ___________.
(a) Jew.
(b) Christians.
(c) Muslims.
(d) Arab.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. The newborn state of __________ in 1948 pledged to uphold the full social and political equality of all its citizens.

5. Neve Shalom was conceived in 1970 as an ___________ community.

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