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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Rita say her profession is?
(a) She is unemployed.
(b) Banker.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Writer of children's books.

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

4. What is the topography of the village?
(a) It's on a plateau.
(b) It's almost vertical.
(c) It is on rolling land.
(d) It's in a valley.

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

6. What is the last great task Rita accomplishes before leaving the village?
(a) She creates a beautiful necklace.
(b) She makes a meal for her host family.
(c) She climbs the mountain.
(d) She swims across the river.

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

8. Why does Rita have to go to Quibuto after 10 in the morning?
(a) There is too much traffic earlier.
(b) The people in the town like to sleep in late.
(c) They need to clear the mines in the road that have been planted overnight.
(d) Rita like to sleep in late.

9. What does Zahava want Rita to experience?
(a) The seriousness of a religious service.
(b) A day in the country.
(c) The joy of a big family Sabbath.
(d) A day in the Israeli educational system.

10. When the plane lands on a different island than the one where Rita thinks she is staying, how does she react?
(a) She decides to trust and enjoy the adventure.
(b) She panicks and demands to go back.
(c) She is very nervous, but doesn't know what to say.
(d) She is angry.

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

12. 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 skittish.
(d) They are very reserved.

13. How do women react when Rita talks about her travels?
(a) They think she is crazy.
(b) They are interested and inspired that she does it without a man.
(c) They are politely curious.
(d) They don't want to talk about it.

14. Felipe teaches Rita how to negotiate what?
(a) Arguments.
(b) Lava.
(c) Shells.
(d) Boats.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rita do for her 49th birthday?

2. Why does Rita decide to go to the Galapagos Islands?

3. How does Rita feel after she leaves Nicaragua?

4. What is the first thing Rita does when she arrives at her house in Israel?

5. What does Rita experience at the campgrounds after visiting the Temple of the Inscriptions?

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