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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The official Israeli strategy is to destroy the ___________ as a means of evaporating Palestinian national aspirations.

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

3. "If you have ______________, you must find a way to make peace..."

4. Schools on both sides, Shipler says, continue to deal selectively with the creation of Israel, the ____________ of the conflict.

5. What is another name for the day on which the people honor the country's war dead?

Short Essay Questions

1. Shipler discusses the naivety of what official Israeli strategy as a means of evaporating Palestinian national aspirations?

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

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

4. Where was Shipler wandering in the streets at the start of this book and its narrative?

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

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

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

8. What did politicians do when a journalist documents forced expulsions from many parts of the country?

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

10. What is the first goal of Shipler as he strives to create a main discussion for this book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The description of another Holocaust taking place is shocking to many readers, but not to others.

Part 1: Do you believe that other Holocausts are occurring right now? Why or why not?

Part 2: How does the practice of Holocaust-like prison camps help a society?

Part 3: What does it say about society that Holocaust-like camps are still in existence?

Essay Topic 2

When you first read the title of this book, you were probably hit with a few images of each of these groups, whether accurate or not.

Part 1: Why do you think Arabs are perceived the way that they are?

Part 2: Why do you think Jews are perceived the way that they are?

Part 3: Why do you think you have certain images which come up in your mind when you hear the group names?

Essay Topic 3

Children are taught from a young age to hate those who are not like them, with school lessons even talking about who to fear.

Part 1: Do you think it's right to teach children to fear a certain group of people? Why or why not?

Part 2: Do you think lessons about other races are necessary in schools? Why or why not?

Part 3: Are there ways to teach children about other races in an unbiased fashion? Why or why not?

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