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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rita observe about the female frigatebirds?
(a) They are awkward and clumsy.
(b) They are never satisfied as far as she can see.
(c) They are beautiful.
(d) They have beautiful voices.

2. What does Rita feel as if she is running towards?
(a) Culture.
(b) Adventure.
(c) Education.
(d) Sanity.

3. Why does Rita decide to go to the Galapagos Islands?
(a) She plans to write a children's book on animals.
(b) She wants to study the history of the area.
(c) She wants to collect shells.
(d) She wants to visit some friends there.

4. What does Rita realize while she is touring the museums in Mexico City?
(a) She misses her husband.
(b) She is completely free to do whatever she wants.
(c) She has no concept of safety.
(d) She has no friends.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What group does Rita join when she travels to Israel?

2. What is Rita's life like with her husband?

3. What does Rita experience at the campgrounds after visiting the Temple of the Inscriptions?

4. What happens to Rita's marriage?

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

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