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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. Muslim females are not allowed to have _______________ even in their own faith.

2. Because the tribesmen have no quarrel with the ____________, they are treated kindly, remarkably generously in the opinion of many of the Bedouin.

3. How long is the encounter for the teens who stay together at Neve Shalom?

4. A witty Palestinian claimed he was a victim of ___________ when targeted by anti-Arab bigotry.

5. The blood _______ which holds that Jews mix the blood of innocent Christian children into the dough for the Passover matzo.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are almost all mixed marriages comprised of in terms of gender and religion?

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

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

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

5. What does Shipler find a striking similarity between when this chapter begins?

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

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

8. Describe the conditions that Shipler found when he was allowed to go into Ansar.

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

10. After 45 days of imprisonment and torture, what did the young Palestinian swore he had done during that time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Intermarriage is something that is abhorred in the midst of the tension between the Arabs and the Jews.

Part 1: Why do you think intermarriage is prohibited in the minds of the people in society?

Part 2: What might some of the benefits of intermarriage be to the tensions between the groups of people?

Part 3: Do you think that intermarriage is a bad thing? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The overall goal of the book seems to be to discuss whether peace is possible in an area with such a long history of war.

Part 1: Why do you think peace is still the goal of mankind?

Part 2: Do you think finding world peace is something that is possible? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you think the world would change if we were able to create world peace?

Essay Topic 3

The description of another Holocaust taking place is shocking to many readers, but not to others.

Part 1: Do you believe that other Holocausts are occurring right now? Why or why not?

Part 2: How does the practice of Holocaust-like prison camps help a society?

Part 3: What does it say about society that Holocaust-like camps are still in existence?

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