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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't women sing during the service?

2. What does Rita do for her 49th birthday?

3. How many days pass before the women in the village (aside from Margarita) begin to talk with Rita?

4. What does Rita observe about the female frigatebirds?

5. Felipe teaches Rita how to negotiate what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is happening in Rita's marriage?

2. How does Rita feel about cooking with the women?

3. How do the Indonesians feel about their elderly?

4. Why does Rita decide to go to Indonesia?

5. Why is Rita interested in visiting Israel?

6. How are women treated in the communities Rita visits in Israel?

7. What does Rita discover about her lifestyle when she goes to her high school reunion?

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

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

10. How does Rita feel about going home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the caste system in Bali. How does this compare to the life with which Rita has been familiar in Los Angeles? Why does she accept it at first? What makes her want to leave it?

Essay Topic 2

How does Rita feel about the role of women in the cultures she visits? Use examples from the entire book.

Essay Topic 3

Some of Rita's friends think that she is running away. Why do they believe this? How does she really feel? How does this show?

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