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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 do the children ask Rita to do?
(a) Teach them a math lesson.
(b) Give them candy.
(c) Read them her book.
(d) Give them money.

2. What does Rita observe about the Nicaraguans she meets over the eight months that she is there?
(a) They act beaten and oppressed.
(b) They are very skittish.
(c) They are very reserved.
(d) They have an air of pride and confidence.

3. Of what is the author afraid at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Meeting people.
(b) Strangers.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Illness.

4. Who accompanies them into Nicaragua?
(a) A priest.
(b) Two soldiers.
(c) Some new friends.
(d) Some old friends.

5. What does Rita learn how to make at Mama's?
(a) Tortillas.
(b) Rice cakes.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Sweaters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization helps the families in the village with education?

2. Rita loses her position because the boss thinks what?

3. What happens to the cruise trip they plan?

4. When the plane lands on a different island than the one where Rita thinks she is staying, how does she react?

5. What happens to Rita's marriage?

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