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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. "If you have ______________, you must find a way to make peace..."
(a) A problem.
(b) A question.
(c) An enemy.
(d) An argument.

2. A Syrian prisoner of war wept when he realized that the kibbutzim were not the ___________ he had 'known' them to be.
(a) Centers of worship.
(b) Governments.
(c) War camps.
(d) Terrorism cells.

3. Shipler discusses censored passages from the ___________'s memoir shoring that the brutality was hardly unintentional.
(a) Mayor.
(b) Army.
(c) Field commander.
(d) Commander's wife.

4. The __________ are the Zionists who founded Israel and control the government.
(a) Ashkenazim.
(b) Israelites.
(c) Sihhphi.
(d) Sephardim.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Power is decidedly one sided - _________ have it and the ____________ do not.

2. A social studies teacher tells Shipler that the Jewish attitude is that 'we can do whatever we _________ with the Arabs."

3. An Egyptian girl tells Shipler how surprised she was to find ______________ so Middle Eastern.

4. Four heavily armed _________ seize a hostage and then release him and then are pursued by the mob around them.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Shipler explain about the Middle Easterners and what they have felt they need to do?

2. What happens as a result of rumors being spread of a female accomplice in the hostage situation at the start of the chapter?

3. Why does the 12-year-old Palestinian in Jabalya have no past and no future, according to Shipler?

4. What leads to paranoia about what might be said by Arabs on the television or on the radio?

5. Where does Shipler note that the stereotypes of Arabs are depicted in the everyday culture?

6. What does Shipler claim about Jerusalem at the time he and his family lived there in regards to its safety?

7. Why is it said that conflict is comfortable to both sides of this area?

8. Where is the Israelis' rejection of Palestinianism shown, according to Shipler?

9. Why does the Arab side of the argument lack a spokesperson for reason?

10. What does Freij tell Shipler about his feelings of the Jews in regards to culture?

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