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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 213 - 293).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Leonel at the time Forche was making all her trips back and forth to El Salvador?
(a) About 37.
(b) About 50.
(c) About 45.
(d) About 25.

2. What does Leonel tell Forcche the letters RDX stand for?
(a) Ready Department Expletive.
(b) Really Dismal Expat.
(c) Research Department X-Ray.
(d) Research Department Explosive.

3. What does Forche tell Leonel that Bud, Claribel's husband, told her about him?
(a) That Leonel works for the CIA.
(b) That Leonel is a con man.
(c) That Leonel is a priest.
(d) That Leonel is a mercenary.

4. What does the high-ranking official in the colonia tell Forche about her work on page 180?
(a) That she needs to write as much as she can about what she sees in El Salvador.
(b) That she needs to stop immediately.
(c) That she needs to go back to the U.S.A. and take up her professorship again.
(d) She is very young to be doing what she is doing.

5. What part of Forche's past does she think is none of Leonel's business when she first meets him?
(a) Her experiences with Vietnam.
(b) Her romantic life.
(c) Her children.
(d) Her family history.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Forche and Leonel cross into Guatemala?

2. What does using the outdoor latrine in the campo remind Forche of?

3. Why does Leonel tell Forche not to ask him who people are that he introduces her to?

4. What does Leonel tell Forche about the living conditions of most Salvadorans after their visit to the campo?

5. What did Forche often eat for breakfast in El Salvador?

(see the answer key)

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