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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What group does Rita join when she travels to Israel?
(a) The Travelers Network.
(b) The Peace Corps.
(c) Servas.
(d) Amnesty International.

3. 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.

4. What happens to the book Rita writes about her experience?
(a) It becomes a best seller.
(b) It is broken into a series of articles.
(c) It becomes a series.
(d) It is never published.

5. What response does Rita get when she asks about life in El Salvador?
(a) She is told that it is difficult, but improving.
(b) She is told that they will talk inside the truck where no one can hear them.
(c) She is told that it is a modern Utopia.
(d) She is told that the living standards are rapidly improving.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zahava want Rita to experience?

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

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

4. Who does Tu Man want to marry?

5. About what has Rita always dreamed?

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