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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rita experience at the campgrounds after visiting the Temple of the Inscriptions?
(a) A sense of dread.
(b) A religious connection.
(c) Hostility.
(d) Psychedelic mushrooms.

2. What happens to Rita's marriage?
(a) They patch things up.
(b) She and her husband agree to separate for a longer period of time.
(c) They decide to stay married but travel more.
(d) It ends in divorce.

3. What is the last great task Rita accomplishes before leaving the village?
(a) She climbs the mountain.
(b) She makes a meal for her host family.
(c) She swims across the river.
(d) She creates a beautiful necklace.

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

5. How many days pass before the women in the village (aside from Margarita) begin to talk with Rita?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rita realize while she is touring the museums in Mexico City?

2. Where does Rita's passion for travel get re-kindled?

3. What does Rita do in the waterfalls?

4. Where does Rita sleep in Palenque?

5. Of what is the author afraid at the beginning of Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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