2. The ______________________ attitude seems to Bawer to be a positive thing until he noticed the social effects of it.
(a) Nervous.
(b) Laid-back.
(c) Uptight.
(d) Angry.

3. Why is corruption high in Muslim countries?
(a) They want to grab everything they can before it is gone.
(b) They are very sneaky.
(c) It is in their blood to be corrupt.
(d) They do not have morals.

4. Why do journalists not argue with this method?
(a) They see themselves as educators.
(b) They are well-protected by the government.
(c) They do not get paid well.
(d) They are often physically threatened.

5. Immigrant Muslims take advantage of ________________________ of the European community.
(a) The liberal social spending.
(b) The poorly-run programs.
(c) The wealth.
(d) The conservative spending.

Short Answer Questions

1. Part of the cultural difference between Americans and the Dutch, and other Europeans is that the Europeans tend to be ___________________, compared the the Americans who are more judgmental about differences.

2. For what do both the Dutch and Norwegians have a need?

3. The narrator encountered several incidences of Muslims acting in a prejudicial manner to whom?

4. When does the Dutch government begin to take these isolated incidents seriously?

5. When the narrator moved to Norway, he was impressed with what?

(see the answer key)

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