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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the group travel through swamps and trees?
(a) Someone from the area has called for them.
(b) Rita wants to go somewhere the missionaries haven't gone.
(c) They like the adventure.
(d) It's good exercise.

2. What incredible gift does Rita discover Nyoman has?
(a) He has a real gift for language.
(b) He is very good with animals.
(c) He's a terrific chef.
(d) He's an incredible sculptor.

3. What do three men throw into the water?
(a) Animal sacrifices.
(b) Herbs.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Sticks.

4. To what does Rita attribute her desire to leave Bali?
(a) The people are beginning to bother her.
(b) She wants to get away from all the palace gossip.
(c) Her prince is gone.
(d) The women are mean to her.

5. How does Dr. Galdikas treat the animals?
(a) She doesn't interact with them at all. She just observes them.
(b) Sweetly as if they are her babies.
(c) She is abrupt with them.
(d) She is rough with them in Rita's opinion.

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

7. How does Rita feel about her traveling with the tour?
(a) She thinks they move through the villages too quickly.
(b) She loves the information that comes with the tours.
(c) She appreciates the in-depth knowledge they get of the villagers.
(d) She loves the time spent with the natives.

8. What impact does Han's wound have on the group?
(a) They don't care what happens to him.
(b) It keeps them up all night, caring for it.
(c) They feel horrible for him.
(d) It is infected so they have to stop their travels immediately.

9. What concerns Rita about the children in the mountain villages?
(a) They run too free.
(b) They are nutritionally deficient.
(c) They have no business sense.
(d) They are sassy.

10. Why does Rita leave Bali to go the United States?
(a) She doesn't want to be reminded of Tu Nini.
(b) To check on her mother.
(c) She is tired of Bali.
(d) She wants to get an apartment.

11. Who dies shortly after Tu Nini?
(a) Rita's dad.
(b) Tu Biang.
(c) Jan.
(d) The king.

12. What do the spirits tell the king?
(a) He is not fulfilling his responsibilities to the family.
(b) He is doing a wonderful job ruling.
(c) He is going to die soon.
(d) He is too autocratic.

13. How does Rita feel after she goes back to Bali?
(a) She loves it more than ever.
(b) She realizes that it is home, and she never wants to leave.
(c) She wants to leave immediately.
(d) Things aren't the same as before.

14. What does Tu Nini do before she dies?
(a) She calls all her closest friends and relatives in to say goodbye.
(b) She writes a letter.
(c) She asks for permission to die.
(d) She cleans the house.

15. What are Rita's neighbors in Vancouver like?
(a) They are overbearing.
(b) They stay to themselves.
(c) They are cantankerous.
(d) They are very welcoming and generous.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rita feel after her Irian Jaya experience?

2. Of what does Rita accidentally become a part when she visits Budi?

3. How does Rita furnish her home in Seattle?

4. What tool changes Rita's connection to her family?

5. About what is the old woman on the bus ranting?

(see the answer keys)

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