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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 63 - 138).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which house did Forche stay in on her first nights in El Salvador?
(a) Margarita's house.
(b) Claribel's house.
(c) Blanca's house, which used to belong to a dictator.
(d) Leonel's house.

2. What does Margarita call Forche?
(a) The Chosen One.
(b) Carolina.
(c) Papu.
(d) Una periodista.

3. Who works in the hospital alongside the regular doctor when Forche visits?
(a) Some military men.
(b) Interns.
(c) Ana, a young campesina with no medical training.
(d) A team of trained professionals.

4. Who is Margarita's maid?
(a) Alma.
(b) Aloma.
(c) Allegra.
(d) Claribel.

5. Which Turkish poet was Forche reading at the time she first met Leonel?
(a) Tacep Erdogan.
(b) Nazim Hikmet.
(c) Wislawa Szyborska.
(d) Tralap Patward.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Forche remember thinking when she and Leonel come upon the dismembered body in El Salvador on page 4?

2. What kind of car does Leonel drive?

3. What kind of vehicle do Forche and Leonel take on her first trip to the campo?

4. Who did Forche stay with in New Mexico in her early twenties?

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

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