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

2. A teenage Bedouin girl asks for a ride back to the herd of ________ she tends.
(a) Sheep.
(b) Horses.
(c) Camels.
(d) Goats.

3. A witty Palestinian claimed he was a victim of ___________ when targeted by anti-Arab bigotry.
(a) Anti-Semitism.
(b) Repression.
(c) Rage.
(d) Politics.

4. In May of 2001, Shipler asks students who they think the victims are in the conflicts. What do they all answer?
(a) Jews.
(b) Everyone.
(c) No one.
(d) Arabs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. It's interesting to note that both Arabs and Jews are actually ____________.

2. The man in the relationship portrayed in the radio program ends up entering a _________ and becoming a religious zealot.

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

4. ___________ guards at the camp range from brutal to humane, depending on the individual.

5. Jews were rarely oppressed or exterminated by Muslims as they were by _____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Arabs and Jews are paired up and given large sheets of paper on which to paint?

2. What are some of the things which the Israelis have done for the Sinai Bedouin?

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

4. What do Palestinians assume about their schools, jobs, villages, and even the refugee camps?

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

6. What does the Proclamation of Independence call on Arabs to do?

7. Why do the Bedouin light a small fire as soon as they stop in a given place?

8. Why is sexual experimentation with Jewish girls attractive to Muslim males?

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

10. Why was the rise of Islam the most significant external influence on the Jews, according to Shipler?

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