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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rita leave New Zealand to head back to the United States?
(a) She is tired of New Zealand.
(b) She is homesick.
(c) She can't live without her children.
(d) Her visa is up.

2. What response does Rita get when she asks about life in El Salvador?
(a) She is told that the living standards are rapidly improving.
(b) She is told that they will talk inside the truck where no one can hear them.
(c) She is told that it is difficult, but improving.
(d) She is told that it is a modern Utopia.

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

4. What does Rita get when she visits the United States?
(a) She gets a new house.
(b) She gets a degree.
(c) She gets the chicken pox.
(d) She gets a contract for her nomad book.

5. What does Rita see from the deck of her house?
(a) Horses.
(b) Mussel barges.
(c) The desert.
(d) The sulfur springs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Rita staying on vacation?

2. What does Rita learn how to make at Mama's?

3. Where does Rita's passion for travel get re-kindled?

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

5. What does Rita observe about the Nicaraguans she meets over the eight months that she is there?

(see the answer key)

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