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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rita climb the mountains?
(a) She wants to prove that she can.
(b) She wants to meet the people who live in the mountains.
(c) She wants to see the country from a high point.
(d) She loves exercising.

2. How does Rita help the wives?
(a) She helps with gardening.
(b) She teaches them English.
(c) She shops for them.
(d) She watches the children.

3. Why can't women sing during the service?
(a) They are too noisy.
(b) Their voices might tempt and distract the men.
(c) Their voices are too shrill.
(d) They don't really know the correct pronunciations.

4. Why is the child scared of Rita?
(a) Her actions are too abrupt.
(b) She tells strange stories.
(c) She looks different from anyone he has ever encountered.
(d) Her voice is too loud.

5. Who teaches Rita Indonesian?
(a) The maid.
(b) She teaches herself and won't accept help from anyone else.
(c) A school she attends in Indonesia.
(d) An American student.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rita observe about the Nicaraguans she meets over the eight months that she is there?

2. Rita observes that the women shy away from what?

3. How do Rita's children react to her living near them?

4. How does Rita feel after she leaves Nicaragua?

5. Why does Rita leave Bali to go the United States?

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