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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. During the takeover of the West Bank and Jerusalem in 1967, Arabs were surprised by how ___________ they were treated.
(a) Indifferently.
(b) Harshly.
(c) Cruelly.
(d) Humanely.

2. Power is decidedly one sided - _________ have it and the ____________ do not.
(a) Arabs; Jews.
(b) Jews; Arabs.
(c) Both; both.
(d) Neither; neither.

3. Shipler fears that Arab youth are being affected by the Israeli ___________ using strong arm tactics in the presence of youth.
(a) Men.
(b) Leaders.
(c) Government.
(d) Police.

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

5. An Egyptian girl tells Shipler how surprised she was to find ______________ so Middle Eastern.
(a) Baghdad.
(b) Nazareth.
(c) Ramallah.
(d) Tel Aviv.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shipler notes that a shift in tactics to assaults on select individuals backfired when applied to ___________ in the West Bank.

2. Shipler examines both sides' abandonment of the common ____________ of the desert.

3. Freij does not hate the ____________, just what they do: introduce foreign culture which contaminates the Arabs' ancient culture.

4. The labeling on ___________ published by both sides in textbooks continues to make clear that neither side yet accepts the reality that neither can covet the whole of the land.

5. Children tend to parrot the generalizations they hear and see, thus all __________ are Kahane and all Jews kill Arabs in refugee camps.

Short Essay Questions

1. What do smugglers make sure that young Palestinians get in relation to the Jews?

2. What is a 13-year-old Jewish boy called when he says that he is upset with the anti-Arab bigotry in his school?

3. What does Shipler mean when he discusses the idea of 'culture of the desert'?

4. What is the official Israeli myth which is dissected in the book which Shipler has written?

5. The college age Palestinian who was taken prisoner by the Israeli patrol found out what during his imprisonment?

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

7. What happens when the Israelis grow too grand to perform manual labor in their society?

8. What happens because there is too much bitterness among Arabs and Jews, according to Shipler?

9. What is the second goal of Shipler for this book and for the understanding of the reader?

10. What does Shipler discuss as being the goal of terrorism amongst the Jews and Arabs?

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