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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 the word for a shack with walls made from corrugated metal?
(a) Villagio.
(b) Lamina.
(c) Mortella.
(d) Isla.

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

3. Which novel did Claribel and Bud write that Forche reminds Leonel she has read?
(a) Ashes from Izalco.
(b) Algeria.
(c) My Savior.
(d) Songs of Salvador.

4. What does Leonel say when Forche asks him why he is obsessed with the disappearance of one American?
(a) Because of how it might implicate Colonel Romero.
(b) Because of how it might implicate Colonel Chacon.
(c) Because this American might have been a weapons expert.
(d) Because this American was wealthy.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What awful sight does Forche see a patient suffering during her visit to the hospital in El Salvador?

2. What is one of the things Leonel tells Forche Chacon does with his victims' bodies?

3. Who visits Fina's village under cloak of darkness while Forche is there?

4. Why does Leonel's friend inside the prison advise Forche to take the drink he offers?

5. How does Margarita behave towards Forche at first?

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