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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Forche meet Margarita for the first time?
(a) At a cafe that might have been near La UCA, the Catholic University.
(b) At a chuch.
(c) At the hospital.
(d) At a fancy restaurant.

2. 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 children.
(c) Her family history.
(d) Her romantic life.

3. What food does Leonel especially prefer?
(a) Lamb.
(b) Rice.
(c) Funnel cakes.
(d) Grilled shrimp.

4. How does Margarita behave towards Forche at first?
(a) With great kindness.
(b) With indifference.
(c) With anger.
(d) With suspicion.

5. Why does Leonel decide Carolyn should stay with Margarita?
(a) She and Margarita can borrow each other's clothes.
(b) She will like Margarita better than the other people she has stayed with.
(c) She can learn about Catholicism from Margarita.
(d) It is safer for her there.

6. What do Leonel and his workers use to get water to his crop?
(a) Fire trucks.
(b) Traditional watering cans.
(c) A long hose.
(d) Metal backpacks to carry the water.

7. What do Forche and Leonel eat after their visit to the campo?
(a) Papusas.
(b) Tacos.
(c) Grilled Shrimp.
(d) Tortillas.

8. Which American's disappearance is Leonel obsessed with?
(a) Donald Richardson.
(b) David Spanner.
(c) Megan Tenent.
(d) Holly Gomez.

9. What does Leonel tell Forche about the living conditions of most Salvadorans after their visit to the campo?
(a) Twenty percent of the country live in extreme poverty.
(b) Salvadorans could improve their economic status of they would just work harder.
(c) Most Salvadorans could afford to retire, but will not because of the culture and work ethic.
(d) Eighty percent of the country live that way, without a decent bathroom.

10. What does Forche remember thinking when she and Leonel come upon the dismembered body in El Salvador on page 4?
(a) Did the man have a family?
(b) Why do the men she is with not do something about the body?
(c) Will Forche and Leonel be the next to die?
(d) How was the man killed?

11. What does Forche say when Leonel asks if she is a Catholic?
(a) She is fallen.
(b) She was never Catholic.
(c) She studies Islam.
(d) She is Jewish now.

12. Which of the following skills did Leonel possess?
(a) He was a world-class singer.
(b) He was a champion marksman.
(c) He was a world-class volleyball player.
(d) He was an Olympic-level swimmer.

13. What does Leonel say when Forche asks him why he is obsessed with the disappearance of one American?
(a) Because of how it might implicate Colonel Romero.
(b) Because this American was wealthy.
(c) Because this American might have been a weapons expert.
(d) Because of how it might implicate Colonel Chacon.

14. Which Turkish poet was Forche reading at the time she first met Leonel?
(a) Wislawa Szyborska.
(b) Tacep Erdogan.
(c) Nazim Hikmet.
(d) Tralap Patward.

15. What does Margarita call Forche?
(a) Papu.
(b) The Chosen One.
(c) Carolina.
(d) Una periodista.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness did Forche experience since childhood?

2. In what year does Forche make her first trip to El Salvador?

3. Who is Margarita's maid?

4. What is the first house Forche sees in the campo like?

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

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