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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. 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.

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

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

4. Shipler says that a powerful fear of the alleged sexual __________ of Arab men is intermixed with all of the other stereotypes Jews hold.
(a) Domination.
(b) Infertility.
(c) Prowess.
(d) Impotence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. A witty Palestinian claimed he was a victim of ___________ when targeted by anti-Arab bigotry.

2. Intermarriages are illegal and must be conducted _______________.

3. By _________, however, students are feeling angry and personally betrayed.

4. The small fires which are lit help to ________ and to delimit the vast expanses of land.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. After 45 days of imprisonment and torture, what did the young Palestinian swore he had done during that time?

2. Why do some Jews oppose any vote for Israeli-Arabs?

3. Why does Tala reject the idea of meeting again with Jewish teens?

4. Why are there no statistics on the intermarriages between Arabs and Jews?

5. What are almost all mixed marriages comprised of in terms of gender and religion?

6. Why do Arabs know little about the Holocaust, according to Shipler?

7. What do children's texts and street jokes seem to depict the Jew as?

8. What does Shipler find a striking similarity between when this chapter begins?

9. What are the two dangers being seen in interracial mingling between Arabs and Jews?

10. What did the government pour millions of dollars into, thought they would not support Neve Shalom?

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