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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. What was the visual warning of the Mano Blanca group?
(a) A lock of hair from a prisoner of theirs taped to a door.
(b) A red X on a building or wall.
(c) A severed finger left on a porch.
(d) A white handprint on a building or wall.

2. What does Leonel make Forche for breakfast when he stays at her house in California?
(a) A perfect omelette.
(b) French toast.
(c) Eggs Benedict.
(d) Salvadoran tortillas.

3. Why does Leonel tell Forche they cannot move the bodies they find in the street?
(a) It is disrespectful to move bodies from the street.
(b) The families would be upset.
(c) They do not know who the people are, so they do not know where to move them to.
(d) They are too heavy and it is too dangerous.

4. What does Leonel tell Forche about her purse when they visit the colonia on page 177?
(a) To keep her purse with her at all times no matter what.
(b) To hide a tape recorder in her purse.
(c) To hide a camera in her purse.
(d) To hide her purse in the bathroom.

5. How does Forche write much of her work in El Salvador?
(a) In pencil.
(b) In pen.
(c) In marker.
(d) In crayon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Forche and Leonel eat after their visit to the campo?

3. What does Leonel tell her about driving to the poorer neighborhoods during the rainy season?

4. What does Leonel smoke?

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

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