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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leonel ask the people farming his land to do in an effort to help them become more self-sufficient?

2. Which of the following books did Leonel stay up late reading during his visit to Forche in the U.S.?

3. Who does Leonel tell Forche are some of the prisoners at Ahuachapan?

4. Why are the authorities in El Salvador after Margarita, even though they do not know her identity?

5. What does the writer ask Forche to come in to the group's meeting to see on page 163?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Forche think about Leonel's apparent obsession with Donald Richardson?

2. What changes Forche's feelings about meeting with the Salvadoran writers immediately after her horrific visit to Ahuachapan?

3. What does Forche come to understand about the nature of a person's life when that person joins a death squad?

4. What recurring nightmare does Forche have as a child that she is reminded of again in El Salvador?

5. What did Forche come to think about Leonel during her many trips to El Salvador during the 1980s?

6. What does Leonel tell Forche when she rebukes him for not giving some of his land to the peasants?

7. What does Leonel ask the engineer for on page 210 that the engineer, Greg, thinks is outlandish?

8. What does Leonel tell Forche the Salvadorans did with the portable toilets the Americans tried to set up for them?

9. What does Forche buy in large amounts in the discount store Gemco to take back to El Salvador with her?

10. In San Salvador, what did a white handprint on a door or wall signify?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Leonel's greatest wish for, and request of, Forche related to the time she spends in El Salvador? What does Leonel ask Forche to do, and does she feel equipped to do it? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 2

How does Forche's experiences in Mallorca inform her experiences in El Salvador, and her initial decision to travel to El Salvador? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining how Forche first becomes aware of the extent of the problem of desaparecidos in El Salvador. Who introduces the concept to her and explains what is being done to try to help bring the families of those who have disappeared some comfort and closure?

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