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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. Where do the women on the radio program and her new partner meet during competing demonstrations?

2. In May of 2001, Shipler asks students who they think the victims are in the conflicts. What do they all answer?

3. According to Shipler, during this time, who ranked below the national average in petty crime?

4. All teachers and government workers are required to receive clearance from the ____________, though mostly Arabs are regularly investigated.

5. Prime Minister Begin says the __________ is intent on a second genocide against the Jewish people.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was it witty for a Palestinian who claimed he was a target of anti-Semitism when targeted by anti-Arab bigotry?

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

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

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

5. Describe the conditions that Shipler found when he was allowed to go into Ansar.

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

7. Who did Shipler visit each time he went to Israel in 1993 and in 2001?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

While the Arabs and the Jews may have many issues with each other, they also seem to affect each other's lives in positive ways.

Part 1: Do you think that Arabs and Jews share commonalities? Why or why not?

Part 2: How have the Jews affected the lives of the Arab people?

Part 3: How have the Arabs affected the lives of the Jewish people?

Essay Topic 2

Muslim Israeli-Arabs are kept out of the draft, but the army is where people go to move up the social and economic ladder, thus they do not have a chance to excel in society.

Part 1: Why do you think military experience is so valuable in society?

Part 2: Do you think that including the Muslim Israeli-Arabs in the draft would be harmful to the army? Why or why not?

Part 3: Since the Muslim Israeli-Arabs are never going to excel in society, do you think they want to help the society at all? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The Arabs were expelled from their lands in 1948 and since then have wanted to return home, causing conflict and hard feelings.

Part 1: Do you think it was right to banish the Arabs from their lands in the first place? Why or why not?

Part 2: Do you think the Arabs have a right to go back to their homeland? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you think the expelled people must feel in a land which is not their own?

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