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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. What is Forche embarrassed about when she stays at Fina's?
(a) Eating too much.
(b) Having her period.
(c) Being sick.
(d) Stripping and washing with the other women.

2. Who did Forche stay with in New Mexico in her early twenties?
(a) The Steadfasts.
(b) The Goodmornings.
(c) The Goodyears.
(d) The Nightingales.

3. What is another name for the death squads?
(a) The Wind.
(b) Campesinos.
(c) The Force.
(d) Mano Blanca.

4. Where had Forche's friend Maya convinced her to travel with her when Forche was 27?
(a) China.
(b) Russia.
(c) France.
(d) Mallorca.

5. What does Forche see inside the prison that upsets her immensely?
(a) Sexual abuse.
(b) Men bleeding to death.
(c) Drug use.
(d) Men kept in very small boxes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Forche's nickname from her time in New Mexico?

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

3. Which novel did Claribel and Bud write that Forche reminds Leonel she has read?

4. How does Forche perceive the behavior of Leonel's young daughters?

5. What is the word for a shack with walls made from corrugated metal?

(see the answer key)

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