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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. What is Forche's nickname from her time in New Mexico?
(a) Darling.
(b) Papu.
(c) Bonita.
(d) Chocon.

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

3. What does Leonel say when Forche accuses him of using her to gain access to people?
(a) He says he is not using her, he is giving her a rare opportunity.
(b) He tells her to go home.
(c) He says it is necessary to use her to get what he wants.
(d) He says he will start paying her a wage.

4. What does using the outdoor latrine in the campo remind Forche of?
(a) Her days in New Mexio.
(b) Her trip to Mallorca.
(c) Her childhood summers in Michigan.
(d) Her days in the Peace Corps.

5. What is one of the newspapers Leonel buys to read?
(a) El Diario de Hoy.
(b) The Daily News.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) El Heraldo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Margarita call Forche?

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

3. Who does Leonel bring with him on his first visit to Forche?

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

5. Where does Forche meet Margarita for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Forche realize Leonel enjoys immensely during the time he stays with her in California?

2. What had Forche's friend Maya told her about Leonel?

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

4. What does Leonel tell Forche about the way poets are perceived in El Salvador?

5. How does the first scene Forche describes in El Salvador, on pages 3 - 4, set the tone for the rest of the book?

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

7. Why does Leonel take Forche to a wide range of places, including elegant colonias and the shacks of poor campesinos?

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

9. What did Forche's experiences living in New Mexico when she was 23 teach her?

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

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