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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 are the missionaries in Irian Jaya?

2. What does Tu Nini do before she dies?

3. What does Rita realize when she goes to pay for her store purchases?

4. What concerns Rita about the children in the mountain villages?

5. What new item does Rita discover when she gets back to Kerambitan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Rita move to Vancouver?

2. What is Dr. Galdika like?

3. What happens to the orangutans that are pets?

4. How does Rita contribute to the household when she lives at Dayu Raka's place?

5. What is it that Rita does not like about Hans?

6. Describe the housing situation in which Rita, finds herself on Bali.

7. How does Rita feel about spirituality?

8. What do Jan and Rita think about the experience?

9. What happens to the book Rita writes about the orangutan experience?

10. Describe Rita's house in Vancouver.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Rita use language to get to know people in other cultures better? Does she ever run into any troubles with language? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Rita frequently addresses the subject of food throughout her travels. Give a minimum of two examples from the book when communal cooking makes a big impact on Rita. Explain what she gets out of each particular experience.

Essay Topic 3

What does Rita think about the spiritual experience in the cave? What message does the king get, and how does he react to it? How does the experience change the way Rita thinks about spirits?

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