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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Ruth decide to have Rita as a guest?
(a) She is very lonely.
(b) She is bored and decides that she needs company.
(c) She is excited about having an author in the house.
(d) She has Rita's writing analyzed by a friend who tells her that she should meet Rita.

2. Where does Rita sleep in Palenque?
(a) On the ground with a thin blanket.
(b) In a one-person tent
(c) In a 10 person tent.
(d) In a hammock on a platform.

3. What do the children ask Rita to do?
(a) Give them money.
(b) Teach them a math lesson.
(c) Give them candy.
(d) Read them her book.

4. Why does Rita have to go to Quibuto after 10 in the morning?
(a) They need to clear the mines in the road that have been planted overnight.
(b) There is too much traffic earlier.
(c) The people in the town like to sleep in late.
(d) Rita like to sleep in late.

5. Of what is the author afraid at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Illness.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Meeting people.
(d) Strangers.

6. What is the first thing Rita does when she arrives at her house in Israel?
(a) She prays.
(b) She takes a nap.
(c) She goes swimming with her host.
(d) She enjoys a delicious meal.

7. Who does Rita imagine she sees when looking out over the plaza toward the Temple of the Inscriptions?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her traveling partners.
(c) Mayans.
(d) Her children.

8. Where does the family picnic when they go to the beach?
(a) In a park.
(b) On a bluff.
(c) On a sidewalk.
(d) On an island.

9. What does Zahava want Rita to experience?
(a) A day in the country.
(b) The joy of a big family Sabbath.
(c) A day in the Israeli educational system.
(d) The seriousness of a religious service.

10. Why do they leave the restaurant?
(a) They don't trust the men who are striking up a conversation with them.
(b) They have a meeting to attend.
(c) The food is terrible.
(d) Rita is feeling ill.

11. Brigitte wants Rita to do what?
(a) Write a proposal for funding for a home for street kids.
(b) Help paint the home.
(c) Babysit.
(d) Help take care of the animals.

12. With whom does Rita eat on her second night in Mexico City?
(a) A teacher from the Spanish school.
(b) Two strange men from England.
(c) A woman she meets while in the museum.
(d) A travel agent.

13. When Rita goes to the Galapagos, how many years is it since she has been in Mexico City?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) Two.

14. What does Rita do for her 49th birthday?
(a) She invites Maria and her family over for a party, but keeps her birthday a secret.
(b) She goes shopping.
(c) She invites Maria and her family over for a grand birthday party with cake and candles and ice cream.
(d) She calls her family in the US.

15. How long does Rita want to stay in the Zapotec village?
(a) Six months.
(b) One month.
(c) One week.
(d) One year.

Short Answer Questions

1. Felipe teaches Rita how to negotiate what?

2. What is the last great task Rita accomplishes before leaving the village?

3. Rita loses her position because the boss thinks what?

4. What does Rita do in the waterfalls?

5. What organization helps the families in the village with education?

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