" I miss my hometown", Rita says.

Solution:

• The sentence "I miss my hometown", Rita says. is in the present tense.
• The first option, "Rita says that she misses her hometown.", correctly uses the present tense to reflect Rita's statement.
• The second option, "Rita says that she missed her hometown.", uses the past tense ("missed"), which does not accurately reflect the original statement in the present tense.

Answer: Rita says that she misses her hometown.