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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rita realize when she goes to pay for her store purchases?
(a) Prices are extremely high.
(b) They should have charged her more.
(c) She still has money from Bali.
(d) She has left her wallet at home.

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

3. What does Rita feel about the animals after tracking them for a day?
(a) She is disgusted with their habits.
(b) She is amazed by their intelligence.
(c) She doesn't understand why people spend time studying them.
(d) She is in awe.

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

5. Of what does Rita accidentally become a part when she visits Budi?
(a) A parade.
(b) A birthday celebration.
(c) A swim lesson.
(d) A religious ritual.

6. Why does the family think Tu Nini is dying?
(a) She is old.
(b) She is starving herself.
(c) Black magic.
(d) She has eaten contaminated food.

7. What does Rita think about her house in Vancouver?
(a) She decides she'd rather live in an apartment.
(b) She can't wait to leave it.
(c) It will do for the time being. It's better than nothing.
(d) She loves it, and she is quickly ready to entertain.

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

9. Why are the missionaries in Irian Jaya?
(a) They want to educate the villagers.
(b) They like to travel.
(c) They want to feed the villagers.
(d) They want to give the people religion in their own tribal language.

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

11. About what is the old woman on the bus ranting?
(a) She doesn't have money for medicine.
(b) She hates commercialism.
(c) She thinks the other riders are rude.
(d) She thinkgs the transportation system is abysmal.

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

13. What is Rita's favorite thing to do in Vancouver?
(a) She loves going to the market.
(b) She loves hiking.
(c) She loves fishing.
(d) She loves working in her garden.

14. How long does Jan stay when she comes to Bali?
(a) A year.
(b) Four months.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Six months.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What stops Rita from staying in one of the village houses?

2. What does Rita think about Hans?

3. What do Jan and Rita think about spirits after their experience?

4. What does the telegram Rita receives tell her?

5. How does Tu Aji feel about death?

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