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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Rita get the idea to go to Indonesia?
(a) After blindly settling her finger on a map.
(b) After reading a book.
(c) At her high school reunion.
(d) After meeting an Indonesian.

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

3. Who greets Rita at the airport when she arrives home?
(a) No-one.
(b) Her best friend.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her children.

4. What does Rita brush up on before leaving for Indonesia?
(a) Her knowledge of their government.
(b) The customs and behaviors.
(c) Her American manners.
(d) Language.

5. What does Rita observe about the female frigatebirds?
(a) They are beautiful.
(b) They are never satisfied as far as she can see.
(c) They are awkward and clumsy.
(d) They have beautiful voices.

6. What does Rita experience at the campgrounds after visiting the Temple of the Inscriptions?
(a) A sense of dread.
(b) A religious connection.
(c) Psychedelic mushrooms.
(d) Hostility.

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

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

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

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

11. With whom does Rita travel to the ceremony?
(a) Her daughter .
(b) The government party.
(c) Her hosts.
(d) A famous author.

12. What does Rita feel as if she stepped into when she visits the Druse?
(a) A pit of snakes.
(b) A lion's den.
(c) Another world.
(d) The future.

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

14. What makes Ruth decide to have Rita as a guest?
(a) She is excited about having an author in the house.
(b) She is bored and decides that she needs company.
(c) She has Rita's writing analyzed by a friend who tells her that she should meet Rita.
(d) She is very lonely.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Rita's passion for travel get re-kindled?

3. With whom does Rita eat on her second night in Mexico City?

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

5. Who does Rita imagine she sees when looking out over the plaza toward the Temple of the Inscriptions?

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