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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. Shipler describes the prison camp as a squalid _______, stinking of sewage and garbage.

2. A reporter Shipler brought with him to the prison camp was a survivor of ______________.

3. Shipler says that a powerful fear of the alleged sexual __________ of Arab men is intermixed with all of the other stereotypes Jews hold.

4. ____________ by non-Israeli Arabs sharpened the government's security concerns.

5. Shipler points out that few Arabs know anything about ___________ as it is not covered well, if at all, in school.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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