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

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

3. Rita goes to the Mayor to obtain permission to go where?
(a) To the country.
(b) To a ceremony for the vice-governor's grandmother who died.
(c) To the market.
(d) To someone else's home to live.

4. How does Rita feel about her Jewish background?
(a) She takes her customs and religion very seriously.
(b) She is very proud of her heritage.
(c) She resents her background.
(d) It seems unimportant to her.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Rita brush up on before leaving for Indonesia?

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

5. How does Rita feel after she leaves Nicaragua?

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