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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Ruth decide to have Rita as a guest?
(a) She is bored and decides that she needs company.
(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 excited about having an author in the house.

2. What is Dr. Galdikas like?
(a) She is a very difficult person with whom to work.
(b) She challenges everyone around her to think.
(c) She is very prompt and detailed.
(d) She is very easy-going.

3. What happens to Rita's marriage?
(a) They decide to stay married but travel more.
(b) They patch things up.
(c) It ends in divorce.
(d) She and her husband agree to separate for a longer period of time.

4. Who does Rita imagine she sees when looking out over the plaza toward the Temple of the Inscriptions?
(a) Her children.
(b) Her traveling partners.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Mayans.

5. What does Rita realize while she is touring the museums in Mexico City?
(a) She has no friends.
(b) She is completely free to do whatever she wants.
(c) She has no concept of safety.
(d) She misses her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the family picnic when they go to the beach?

2. What group does Rita join when she travels to Israel?

3. With whom does Rita eat on her second night in Mexico City?

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

5. Of what is the author afraid at the beginning of Chapter 2?

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