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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The school makes arrangements for Rita to stay where?
(a) She stays with an elderly couple.
(b) She stays in a dorm.
(c) She stays with a young couple and their baby.
(d) She stays in a bed and breakfast.

2. What does Rita want to do when she leaves Bali in 1997?
(a) She wants to stop traveling and live in the United States.
(b) She wants to be near her children in New York.
(c) She wants to be near her children in Seattle.
(d) She wants to go back to Israel.

3. How does Rita get to the Zapotec village?
(a) She hitchhikes.
(b) She takes a train.
(c) She takes a bus.
(d) She runs.

4. Irian Jaya is the western half of what?
(a) Russia.
(b) New Guinea.
(c) Japan.
(d) Indonesia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What discovery makes Rita's traveling easier and more affordable?

2. Why does Rita have to go to Quibuto after 10 in the morning?

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

4. How does Rita feel after the ceremony?

5. Why do they leave the restaurant?

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