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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 295 - 384).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Forche's father make her do when she told him she wanted to be a poet?
(a) Get a degree in chemistry instead.
(b) Learn to type.
(c) Go to beauty school.
(d) Take engineering classes.

2. Which grandmother of Forche's led a nomadic and unsettled life?
(a) Anna.
(b) Roberta.
(c) Jennifer.
(d) Carolina.

3. What particular drug does Forche buy in bulk to take to El Salvador?
(a) Naxolone.
(b) Immodium.
(c) Mifepristone.
(d) Correctol.

4. What did the campesinos do with the materials the U.S. sent for portable toilets?
(a) Threw them in the dump.
(b) Threw them in the ocean.
(c) Used them to build houses out of instead.
(d) Used them to build restaurants.

5. What is one of the things Leonel tells Forche Chacon does with his victims' bodies?
(a) Ships them out of the country.
(b) Feeds them to his dogs.
(c) Keeps their ears.
(d) Sells their organs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the olive-oil bottle Forche's friend Maya sent her?

2. Why are the authorities in El Salvador after Margarita, even though they do not know her identity?

3. Who was Forche with in El Salvador when she realized they had stayed out past the curfew?

4. What does Forche tell Leonel about the way poets are perceived in the United States?

5. What is one of the newspapers Leonel buys to read?

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