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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A witty Palestinian claimed he was a victim of ___________ when targeted by anti-Arab bigotry.
(a) Rage.
(b) Repression.
(c) Anti-Semitism.
(d) Politics.

2. Under Muslim control, Jews adapted their _____________ to fit local conditions.
(a) Books.
(b) Beliefs.
(c) Families.
(d) Customs.

3. "A __________ girl doesn't have to wait for an opportunity to move next door," said one Arab woman.
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Loose.
(d) Smart.

4. A young Palestinian asks to be called Gamal as he fears additional _________ if he is found.
(a) Military service.
(b) Shunning.
(c) Torture.
(d) Military retribution.

5. A publication in 1950 said that so many Christians had converted to Islam over the years that ________ blood was an acceptable substitute.
(a) Atheist.
(b) Muslim.
(c) Christian.
(d) Jewish.

6. The man in the relationship portrayed in the radio program ends up entering a _________ and becoming a religious zealot.
(a) Yeshiva.
(b) Mental institution.
(c) Gang.
(d) Church.

7. Muslim females are not allowed to have _______________ even in their own faith.
(a) Unarranged marriages.
(b) Touching.
(c) Premarital intimacy.
(d) Boyfriends.

8. By _________, however, students are feeling angry and personally betrayed.
(a) 1993.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1984.
(d) 2001.

9. Israel keeps no statistics on ____________, according to Shipler's findings.
(a) Intermarriages.
(b) Births.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Land ownership.

10. The blood _______ which holds that Jews mix the blood of innocent Christian children into the dough for the Passover matzo.
(a) Book.
(b) Myth.
(c) Libel.
(d) Decree.

11. Shipler describes the prison camp as a squalid _______, stinking of sewage and garbage.
(a) Sore.
(b) Ditch.
(c) Place.
(d) Hospital.

12. Shipler continues to find both groups of students hopefully ______________, trying to change their ways of thinking.
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Resilient.
(c) Skeptical.
(d) Civil.

13. Which of these answers is the name for Israel's main overseas intelligence agency?
(a) Mossad.
(b) Neither.
(c) Shin Beth.
(d) Both.

14. The young girl says she would like to learn how to __________, but she is too old for coeducational learning.
(a) Do math problems.
(b) Draw.
(c) Read.
(d) Make more money.

15. A teenage Bedouin girl asks for a ride back to the herd of ________ she tends.
(a) Sheep.
(b) Goats.
(c) Camels.
(d) Horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Some ____________ oppose any vote for Israeli-Arabs since they are exempt from military service.

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

3. ____________ suffer more overt opposition from their parents than their partners do.

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

5. Palestinians assume that their schools, jobs, villages, and refugee camps are filled with _____________.

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