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

2. What do Jewish children respond happened at school on days when soldiers burst into their classroom?

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

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

5. Zohar says that if his parents had not remained in Israel, he would have become a ___________ in the refugee camps.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A boy who did not agree with the anti-Arab bigotry in his school was called a traitor.

Part 1: Why do you think this Jewish boy was labeled a traitor?

Part 2: How else might the group have responded to the statement of the boy?

Part 3: Do you think the Jewish boy in today's world and in this classroom might face the same feedback? Why or why not?

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

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?

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