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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 inadvertently do to her landlady?
(a) She offends her by breaking customs.
(b) She helps her without realizing it.
(c) She offends her by showing up to a party late.
(d) She helps her out of a tough situation.

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

3. What is Rita's life like with her husband?
(a) Glamorous.
(b) Interesting.
(c) Abusive.
(d) Poverty-stricken.

4. How do the women in the village treat Rita on her first day?
(a) They run up to embrace her.
(b) They run away.
(c) They shyly greet her.
(d) They completely ignore her.

5. What does Rita do for her 49th birthday?
(a) She invites Maria and her family over for a party, but keeps her birthday a secret.
(b) She goes shopping.
(c) She invites Maria and her family over for a grand birthday party with cake and candles and ice cream.
(d) She calls her family in the US.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The school makes arrangements for Rita to stay where?

3. Where does Rita get the idea to go to Indonesia?

4. How does Rita feel about her Jewish background?

5. How do women react when Rita talks about her travels?

(see the answer key)

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