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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 139 - 211).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Forche and Leonel cross into Guatemala?
(a) At Guadalahara.
(b) At Rio Canal.
(c) At the port of Hilala.
(d) At Las Chinamas.

2. What does Forche see inside the prison that upsets her immensely?
(a) Men kept in very small boxes.
(b) Men bleeding to death.
(c) Drug use.
(d) Sexual abuse.

3. Which house did Forche stay in on her first nights in El Salvador?
(a) Leonel's house.
(b) Margarita's house.
(c) Claribel's house.
(d) Blanca's house, which used to belong to a dictator.

4. In Leonel's story about the businessmen's negotiations with the peasants, what do the businessmen refuse to give the peasants?
(a) Toilet paper.
(b) Coffee.
(c) A cow.
(d) A bar of gold.

5. What did Forche often eat for breakfast in El Salvador?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) Bread.
(c) Beans and tortillas.
(d) Strawberries.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Leonel get from El Salvador to Forche's house when he visits her for the first time?

2. Why does Leonel tell Forche they cannot move the bodies they find in the street?

3. What is another name for the death squads?

4. What does Forche remember thinking when she and Leonel come upon the dismembered body in El Salvador on page 4?

5. What is one of the newspapers Leonel buys to read?

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