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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wins the national election in 1984?
(a) The election is a tie.
(b) Golda Meir.
(c) Shimon Perez.
(d) Yitzhak Shamir.

2. After the Six Day War, what is the big way to raise money in Israel?
(a) Through individual appeals by Jewish leaders.
(b) Through the United Jewish Appeal.
(c) Through the synagogues.
(d) Through the mail.

3. Where does Friedman take his family out for lunch before leaving?
(a) Inter-Continental Hotel.
(b) McDonald's.
(c) A Jewish restaurant.
(d) Marriott Hotel.

4. Rabbi Eliezer Waldman is the founder of what movement?
(a) East Bank settlement movement.
(b) Solidarity movement.
(c) West Bank settlement movement.
(d) Haradim movement.

5. When it becomes known that Friedman is leaving Israel, what do people ask him?
(a) Will he come back?
(b) Where is he going?
(c) Why is he leaving.
(d) Does he like Israel?

6. Who does Friedman believe will have to provide for the Palestinian security in any settlement?
(a) Arabs.
(b) Jordan.
(c) Israelis.
(d) Palestinians themselves.

7. Many people are more familiar with the geography of Israel than they are of the geography of what?
(a) The U.S.
(b) Europe.
(c) Their own country.
(d) Africa.

8. When Friedman thinks back on his days in Beirut, what does he most often think of?
(a) The way the city changed.
(b) The shelling and the damage caused.
(c) The close calls he has had.
(d) The people and what he has learned from them.

9. When is Arafat forced to recognize Israel?
(a) At the Jabaliya refugee camp.
(b) At the UN General Assembly in Geneva in December, 1988.
(c) At the PNC meetings in November, 1988.
(d) During the intifada.

10. What is the first settlement in Hebron?
(a) Galut.
(b) Kibbutz Hahotrim.
(c) Sinai.
(d) Kiryat Arba.

11. How often is Friedman's neighborhood shelled?
(a) At least two-three times a week.
(b) At least once a week.
(c) At least once a month.
(d) Almost every night.

12. How long has Friedman been in Beirut when he decides to leave?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 9 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 4 years.

13. Whose agreement does Friedman say is essential to an Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories?
(a) The majority of the Israeli population.
(b) The majority of American Jews.
(c) The Israeli government.
(d) The U.S. government.

14. Friedman becomes the project of what rabbi?
(a) Shimon Tsimhe.
(b) Ze'ev Chafets.
(c) Nota Schiller.
(d) Eliezer Waldman.

15. Who comes to power in Israel in 1977?
(a) Golda Meir.
(b) Levi Eshkol.
(c) Menachem Begin.
(d) Yatzhak Rabin.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does George Schultz travel to the Middle East?

2. When does television appear in Israel?

3. Where does Friedman go to write his story about the PLO departure?

4. Who attacks the Friedman's on their way to lunch?

5. The intifada marks the beginning of what for the Palestinians?

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