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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rita help the wives?
(a) She teaches them English.
(b) She watches the children.
(c) She shops for them.
(d) She helps with gardening.

2. What does Rita realize when she goes to pay for her store purchases?
(a) She has left her wallet at home.
(b) They should have charged her more.
(c) She still has money from Bali.
(d) Prices are extremely high.

3. What does the telegram Rita receives tell her?
(a) Her book has made the NY Times bestseller list.
(b) The villagers are holding a celebration in her honor.
(c) Tu Aji has died.
(d) There is a disease in the village.

4. How do Rita and her companions reach through the cultural barrier?
(a) Through language lessons.
(b) With music.
(c) By helping with the cooking.
(d) By offering expensive gifts.

5. What new item does Rita discover when she gets back to Kerambitan?
(a) Telephones.
(b) Refrigerators.
(c) Grocery stores.
(d) Cars.

6. How long does Jan stay when she comes to Bali?
(a) A year.
(b) Six months.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Four months.

7. Irian Jaya is the western half of what?
(a) Russia.
(b) New Guinea.
(c) Japan.
(d) Indonesia.

8. What does Rita want to do when she leaves Bali in 1997?
(a) She wants to be near her children in Seattle.
(b) She wants to be near her children in New York.
(c) She wants to go back to Israel.
(d) She wants to stop traveling and live in the United States.

9. How does Tu Aji feel about death?
(a) He is ready to face the next world.
(b) He wants more time on earth.
(c) He is afraid of death.
(d) He resents the fact that he must someday die.

10. What is a highlight of Rita's visit with Dr. Galdika?
(a) Feeding the animals.
(b) Writing in the marsh.
(c) A boat ride and walk with Dr. Galdika's husband.
(d) Writing in the jungle.

11. Of what does Rita accidentally become a part when she visits Budi?
(a) A parade.
(b) A birthday celebration.
(c) A swim lesson.
(d) A religious ritual.

12. Why are the missionaries in Irian Jaya?
(a) They want to give the people religion in their own tribal language.
(b) They want to educate the villagers.
(c) They want to feed the villagers.
(d) They like to travel.

13. Where does Rita go with Dr. Galdikas?
(a) To study slugs.
(b) They stay at the Blue Kecubung together.
(c) The orangutan camp.
(d) The swamp.

14. How does Rita feel after she goes back to Bali?
(a) She wants to leave immediately.
(b) Things aren't the same as before.
(c) She loves it more than ever.
(d) She realizes that it is home, and she never wants to leave.

15. Why does the family think Tu Nini is dying?
(a) She is old.
(b) Black magic.
(c) She has eaten contaminated food.
(d) She is starving herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rita think of sago, the main food staple of the tree village?

2. How do Rita's children react to her living near them?

3. What is Rita's relationship with Tu Aji?

4. Rita attends what type of ceremony?

5. Why is Rita concerned about her trek?

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