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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what do they tour the islands?
(a) A friend's sailboat.
(b) A tour boat.
(c) A sleek cruiser.
(d) A beat-up converted fishing boat.

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

3. How does Rita feel after she leaves Nicaragua?
(a) Saddened.
(b) Revitalized.
(c) Inspired.
(d) Drained.

4. What does Rita feel as if she stepped into when she visits the Druse?
(a) The future.
(b) A lion's den.
(c) A pit of snakes.
(d) Another world.

5. Rita observes that the women shy away from what?
(a) The part of the ceremony where they get drunk.
(b) The part of the ceremony where they dance.
(c) The part of the ceremony where they kill the cow.
(d) The part of the ceremony where they salute each other with speeches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the cruise trip they plan?

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

3. What does Rita learn how to make at Mama's?

4. How do the men treat Rita?

5. Who does Rita imagine she sees when looking out over the plaza toward the Temple of the Inscriptions?

(see the answer key)

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