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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Central American poet did Forche translate work into English for when Forche was in her twenties?
(a) Oscar Romero.
(b) Claribel Alegria.
(c) Pablo Neruda.
(d) Leonel Gomez.

2. How did Leonel get from El Salvador to Forche's house when he visits her for the first time?
(a) He took an airplane.
(b) He took a ferry.
(c) He walked.
(d) He drove.

3. What illness did Forche experience since childhood?
(a) Asthma.
(b) Crippling allergies.
(c) Depression.
(d) Colitis.

4. Who was Forche's childhood neighbor who came back from Vietnam a changed person?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Paul.
(c) Peter.
(d) Joseph.

5. What did the doctor at the first hospital Forche visits in El Salvador tell her before Forche goes to see it?
(a) The doctor thinks they are getting on well for what they have to work with.
(b) The doctor thinks the biggest problem in the country is drug addiction.
(c) The doctor does not know how to prepare Forche for what she is about to see.
(d) The doctor says that age-related blindness is her biggest challenge among patients.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened to the olive-oil bottle Forche's friend Maya sent her?

3. What food does Leonel especially prefer?

4. Where had Forche's friend Maya convinced her to travel with her when Forche was 27?

5. Which song do Forche and Leonel listen to in the car when he comes to pick her up after her first few nights in El Salvador?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Forche remember most about her grandmother Anna?

2. What nickname does Leonel often refer to Forche by and where did it originate?

3. Why does Forche give up on the idea of a medical career as a young woman?

4. What does Forche think Margarita Herrera's first impression of her is?

5. What memory does Forche's first trip to an outdoor latrine in El Salvador trigger for her?

6. What did Forche first think the death squads were, and why did she think that?

7. What was Forche's experience observing and helping in Dr. Vicky's hospital?

8. What is Leonel's occupation, at least ostensibly, and what does Forche think about the way he does his work?

9. What does Forche want to do when she and Leonel come upon two dead men in the street for the first time? (108).

10. What is one of the frustrating things about traveling with Leonel that bothers Forche?

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