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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What community does Rita want to learn more about in Chapter 4?
(a) The religious community.
(b) The ex-pat community.
(c) The elderly.
(d) The street children .

4. Now that she is truly free, where does Rita decide to travel in Chapter 4?
(a) Mexico City.
(b) Guatemala.
(c) The Galapagos.
(d) Asia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the plane lands on a different island than the one where Rita thinks she is staying, how does she react?

2. Who teaches Rita Indonesian?

3. What happens to the cruise trip they plan?

4. Who accompanies them into Nicaragua?

5. How does Rita feel about her Jewish background?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Juanita's connection to California?

2. What is Rita's experience like when she goes to Quibuto?

3. What does Rita think of the Mayan city?

4. How does Rita get along with the security guard?

5. How does Rita feel after she returns from the Galapagos?

6. How does Rita celebrate her birthday in Guatemala?

7. Why does Rita decide to go to Indonesia?

8. Why is Rita interested in visiting Israel?

9. How does Rita end up as a hitchhiker on a 20-person luxury cruise ship?

10. Why does Rita decide to travel, and why does she go alone?

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