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__**Answer Key**__

1. e 2. j 3. g 4. k 5. a 6. i 7. f 8. d 9. c 10. b 11. h
 * Matching:**

1. a 2. d 3. c 4. d 5. b 6. a 7. a 8. b 9. d 10.a 11. c 12. b 13. d 14. c 15. d 16. a 17. c 18. a 19. c 20. a
 * Multiple Choice:**

1. Based on the book, the Cause is the reason for suicide bombers to blow themselves up. The Cause can be thought of as an act of “self sacrifice” for a supreme cause; a sacrifice that brings the individual honor and respect and guarantees him or her eternal salvation. You can infer this because Sihem had the belief that you had to earn everything, but Amin did not. She thought that by committing suicide she would be sacrificing herself for others, and getting eternal salvation.
 * Short Answer:**

2. The talk between Amin and Adel symbolizes the reasoning behind everything. They talk about the Cause and the Intifada and how things are. How these people who believe that they have to kill themselves (sacrifice themselves) are not crazy or insane but just believe in something different. Shows how there are certain views among people that some may not understand. After explaining to Amin the cause of everything he finally starts to understand in a way that it was not because of him that she did it but for herself.

3. In the end Amin ended up forgiving Sihem for the sucide bombing because the thing that was bothering him the most was the fact that Sihem might have been cheating on him. He couldn't understand why somebody who could have anything she wanted in life would cheat on him and blow herself up. But when Adel told Amin tht Sihem never cheaton on him he said "A gust of air blows throught me, chasing away the fumes that were poisining me inside and brightening my blood. My God! I'm Saved!" So Amin ended up forgiving Sihem when he accepted that there was nothing he could have done to stop her and when he found out that his honor had been spared.

4. Amin's views on life differ from that of Sihem's. This is because Amin feels that he has everything he needs, life is good. It is something sacred in a way. But Sihem feels that even though she is happy with her life, that she has not done enough. She feels that life should be a privilege in the sense that you deserve it. She felt that her life was not full even though Amin gave her everything she wanted/needed. They both; however, feel that they have a good life.

5. Amin went to find Faten at the end of the book because he thought she might kill herself and he wanted to try and stop her. After the bulldozer leaves she gets that same dazed, lifeless look in her eyes that Amin has seen before. This is why he believes she may go and kill herself, the same way that Sihem and Wissam killed themselves.

6. Amin's reasons for not beinga suicide bom er is becasue he doesn't believe that a way of making life better is by taking other people's life away. Like he said "You have choosen to kill; I have choosen to save. Where you see an enemy, I see a patient." By this Amin shows that he values life too much to take his away and hundreds of other's with his. He says that he reather save people's lives than take them away.

7. "The look" that Adel had when Amin looks at him as he is leaving is the same look that Sihem had the morning when he dropped her off at the bus terminal; a look with eyes full of darkness. This look represents suicide because the day Sihem gave Amin that look, she committed suicide. Knowing this information, you know that Adel is likely to soon follow in the footsteps of Sihem and be a suicide bomber.

8.Sihem's letter to Amin was a very interesting letter for it did not fully explain anything except that she was the suicdie bomber. It showed how she wanted to have kid. But she didn't want to bring kids into the world because she didn't believe in living like Amin did. She was sorry for not being able to have them even thought Amin whom she loved wanted too have kids with her.

9. Amin's neighbors attack him because they felt he was in line with the terrorists that his wife was in line with. They felt like he was taking advantage of what they gave him. They let him in the country and now his wife goes and blows herself up and kills a bunch of people. They most likely felt betrayed and hurt because of the attack. So since they could not do anything to Sihem herself they did it to Amin because they assumed he knew or he was in line with the terrorists.

10. Kim took Amin to visit her grandfather Yuhda most likely for guidence. Kim's gradfather had experienced a lot of tragedy in his life, he was a survivor of the Holocost. The most important thing that Yuhda told Amin was that'll never understand why the survivors of a real tragedy feel compelled to make people believe they"re more to be pitied than the ones who didn't make it". amin took into consideration that Yuhda was abousolutely right he had no right to feel the way he did the people that should sad are the ones who did not make it.

1. Society and religion have a huge role in the book __The Attack__. The book takes places in Tel Aviv, Israel, and the religion is based off the views of Palestinians. Of course, they have very different morals and beliefs then we do in America. One of the major beliefs in Israel and for Palestinians that is mostly focused on throughout the book is suicide bombing. One the characters, Sihem, decided to commit suicide by blowing herself up, for "the Cause." This is the belief that one should sacrifice themselves for individual honor, respect, and a guarantee of eternal salvation. The whole plot of the book and the characters' actions in the book was solely based on this idea, so without this belief, the plot would have changed dramatically. If the setting of the book had taken place in a different place where the people had a different religion, then there probably wouldn't have been any reason for the characters to commit suicide. Without the suicide bombing, there is no book, therefore making the society and religion of the book very essential.
 * Essay:**

2. The way's Amin assimilated to Israeli culture is by getting and Israeli citizenship. Also Amin went to a school where there was mainly rich Jewish kids who didn't want an Arab taking class with them. He also became a doctor and moved away instead of stayingwhere he grew up. Another way Amin assimilated is by where he lives. He live in a nice house in one of the most exclusive neighborhoods. Also every summer they go to different places like Paris, Frankfort, Miami, and Barcelona. All of this shows the way Amin assimilated to Israleli culture because back in where he lived they all live in small modes houses. They never leave the country. Also Amin is no longer a practicing muslim which used to be a big part of his culture before he left..

3. Amin is treated unfairly for what his wife had done. All the people that seemed to be his firends and who were thought to be there for him were no longer there. From his job to his neighborrs everyone that Amin had surrounded himself by were now agaisnt him. The main reason that he is treated unfairly is most likely fear. Fear that was very reasonable; everyone may have felt that if his wife was capable of taking the lives of so many innocient people, they were uncertain of what could he do if he were pushed to his limits. This is also the reason that Amin's nieghboors turned on him and beat him up. Amin is wrongfully accussed and blamed for his wifes actions which even he had no idea she was capable of. It was eivdent in the story that Amin was going crazy, and the fact that his 'friends' were treating him poorly only adds to his stress and madness. They should have shared his sorrow and comforted him so that he would be able to get over what had happened and accept it.

4. The story would have been different if Kim had not been there for Amin by most likely Amin getting himself killed early on in the story. With Kim she could always dig him out of any trouble he got himself into. Like with his neighbors he could have ended up being left there and died and no one would ever know that he ever existed. Also she drove him around and accounted for him he may have done some very stupid things if he felt no one cared about him anymore. I know this because even with people like Kim and Navid he would have had nothing at all to live for and may have just stopped caring about anything. Without Kim he may have ended up getting beat to death or ended up getting shot because she always helped him out and tried to care for him. Also when he got beat up he may have not gotten the care that he needed and ended up dying from blood loss. The story without Kim would have been a lot shorter and maybe not even a story at all.

1. The role of women in the Muslim society is different then those of other societies. In the Muslim society women have certain roles, they are supposed to dress a certain way and have rules that are to be followed. Throughout the book some of these things are portrayed. For instance since Sihem was married to Amin and he was of a different religion, she was able to things differently. Like not wearing the proper dress ( like covering their body, wearing head dresses and things like that). Also, the role of woman in the household is to care for the children and household. They are separate from men in the sense that men believe/ know that they are in higher position then women. Another thing is when going to religious events, such as going to get a blessing like in the end of the book, they have there own section. Are not allowed to worship with men. Throughout the book all these things are portrayed, although they are not shown a lot they are there.
 * Essential Questions:**

2. The effect of prejudges nature on different people has varying effects. Like for Amin he tried to work harder than anyone to make his life more comfortable and prove all those stereotypes that have been out there wrong. Sihem took matters more violently and hated the people for generalizing there culture and dwindling it down so much. She hated them so much so that she ended up killing herself and little kids and assorted other people because of the prejudges nature of people. Some show way to much prejudice like the neighbors who beat up Amin and wanted to leave him for dead. Navid and Kim where the anti prejudice because they tried to protect Amin so much and always help him out. I think also part of the reason Amin so much so wanted to figure out why Sihem did it is because he had worked so hard against the stereotypes and she crushed it all in an instant.

3. Culture and religion have a lot to do with who a person is, how they act, and what they believe. One of the biggest things that culture and religion influence is life itself. Based on what culture or religion a person belongs to, they can view life differently than another person who belongs to a separate culture or religion. Some people treasure life to the fullest, while others believe that it is only their 'first life' and they are only meant to sacrifice themselves for a greater cause. Some believe "the noblest cause on earth is the right to live", while other believe in "the Cause." This "Cause" is a sacrifice that brings the individual honor and respect and guarantees the suicide bomber eternal salvation. In the book this sense of living life vs. sacrificing oneself is expressed throughout the book. Sihem, who is Palestinian, believes that life is something that needs to be deserved, but she didn't believe that she deserve certain things such as kids. This caused her to become a suicide bomber and kill herself for "the Cause". On the other hand, Amin and Zeev represent the people who believe that living life is the great gift that anyone can have. Amin was an Israeli-Arab doctor, who found it hard to understand Sihem's motives for killing himself, while he was a doctor who tried to bring people back from the dead. In real life, culture and religion can influence a person's view in life. Besides the fact that a suicide bomber blows themselves up for "the Cause", there is research that shows that 95 percent of suicide attacks are planned by some sort of structured organization, generally to achieve a political goal. This means that if the culture and society in which a person lives in isn't that politically well, then a suicide bomber might be more likey to blow themselves up in that society. In fact, 70 percent of all terrorist attacks happen in democratic countries or countries that uphold democratic ideals and the very traits that form a democracy. Moving on, religion has role in suicide bombings; from 1999-2004, there were 3.5 times as many suicide terrorist attacks as had occurred from 1983 to 1998 in Iraq. This shows that in Iraq the citizens believe that they are meant to commit suicide for "the Cause" or a political reason. On the contrary, in America we think in a different manner; there are rarely any suicide bombing that occur and Americans value living life more than being a sacrifice for a greater cause.

4.The ways that religious beliefs change the way that certain races are viewed is mainly because in fear and because we as humans have always been afriad of what is different from us or what is in thier mind excceptable. This is still evident today do to the attacks of 9/11. Ameeicans are now always suspicous of the muslim culture now. We may joke about and the joking has becoe acceptable but even in the joking there is still i sense of fear. In the eyes of a lot of Americans muslims are terrosist. When this is not even true. I think that a small percentage of people have changed the way that a entire group of people are viewed. People as a whole live there life as if you believe in something, you look a ceritn way, dress or talk that you are viewed and grouped with people who look like you, dress like you, talk like you and believe as you do. When you can be a compleltely different person but you re looked at as a group instead of an indivual person. Like the old saying " dont judge a book my its cover". even fits the question of reliligous exceptance. If we as American spent time and got to know and understand the muslim relglion we would know that it is a relilgion of peace. We would also better understand that it is a group a extreamisit who have changed our opinon.

5. Beliefs and religion lead to the acceptance of suicide as a sacrifice because in the Arabian Culture you should sacrifice your life for God. For example Adel says"Once you've chosen to give your life to God, that means you've renounced the things of this life, all earthly things, without exception." In this religion you should sacrifice yourself for other people and to protest the bad things that are happening in the world. Which is why many people were proud of what Sihem did in Bethelehem and Jerusalem. However in Tel-Aviv where the culture is different they were extremely mad. People in Tel-Aviv even beat up Amin and trashed his house becasue they believed Amin also had something to do with the bombing