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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 had Forche failed to do when she returned to El Salvador and things went badly wrong for her three times?
(a) Take her gun with her.
(b) Told Leonel where she was going.
(c) Spoken Spanish as Leonel had instructed.
(d) Follow the rules Leonel had set out for her.

2. What does Forche borrow from Margarita that comes in handy later?
(a) A kite.
(b) A dress, shoes, and lipstick.
(c) Feminine hygiene products.
(d) Money.

3. Which French resistance poet does Forche admire?
(a) Claude Bonet.
(b) Jean-Paul Sartre.
(c) Bonaparte.
(d) Rene Char.

4. Why does Leonel tell Forche not to ask him who people are that he introduces her to?
(a) They would not want him to tell her.
(b) They are all bound to the military.
(c) They are afraid of Americans.
(d) They all have fake names anyway.

5. Who does Leonel have a poster of in his own house that Forche recognizes?
(a) Bob Dylan.
(b) Che Guevara.
(c) Bob Marley.
(d) Fidel Castro.

Short Answer Questions

1. What helps Margarita and Forche get away when they are chased by car on page 279?

2. What did Forche know the song Madre was about?

3. Who does Leonel tell Forche usually sent actual supplies in aid to El Salvador?

4. Why does Forche have to tie her sweater around her neck in the prison?

5. Why do the Salvadoran poets ask Forche not to use their real names if she publishes their poems?

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