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

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

3. 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 angry.
(d) She is very nervous, but doesn't know what to say.

4. Who visits Rita while she is in Galapagos?
(a) Her ex-husband.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) Her best friend from Los Angeles.
(d) Her son.

5. Who leads the group to Tower Island?
(a) Rita.
(b) The captain.
(c) Rita's daughter.
(d) A friend Rita had met on a previous trip.

Short Answer Questions

1. What discovery makes Rita's traveling easier and more affordable?

2. What does Rita feel as if she stepped into when she visits the Druse?

3. How does Rita feel about her Jewish background?

4. What does Rita say her profession is?

5. What does Zahava want Rita to experience?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rita feel about living in Guatemala?

2. Describe Rita's life with her husband.

3. What is the political situation like in Nicaragua?

4. How does Rita celebrate her birthday in Guatemala?

5. What is happening in Rita's marriage?

6. What does Rita think of the Mayan city?

7. What is the Traveler's Network like?

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

9. What is Juanita's connection to California?

10. How does Servas work?

(see the answer keys)

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