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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 139 - 211).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Leonel want to take Forche to Chichi?
(a) So she can learn how to do Mayan weaving.
(b) So she can see market day.
(c) So she can meet the president there.
(d) So she can meet a good friend of his.

2. Why does Forche have to tie her sweater around her neck in the prison?
(a) A prisoner cuts her and she is bleeding.
(b) She is so upset that she broke out in hives and does not want anyone to see.
(c) To keep her pulse from quickening.
(d) To hide her unusual birthmark.

3. What does Leonel tell Forche about the textiles in Guatemala?
(a) They are like stories where every figure speaks.
(b) They are coded communications to help with the revolution.
(c) They are religiously significant.
(d) The colors are made from special dyes.

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

5. How does Leonel say poets are perceived in El Salvador?
(a) They all live to old ages.
(b) They are taken very seriously and often appointed to high-level jobs.
(c) They are confined to academia.
(d) They are expected to write flattering material about the government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Margarita call Forche?

2. Who was Forche's childhood neighbor who came back from Vietnam a changed person?

3. Why does Leonel tell Forche not to ask him who people are that he introduces her to?

4. Where does Margarita work?

5. What does the high-ranking official in the colonia tell Forche about her work on page 180?

(see the answer key)

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