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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. How do the Mayans view time, according to Leonel?
(a) The past is the most important thing to them.
(b) They believe the right fortune-teller can change the present-day.
(c) They are afraid of the future.
(d) They do not distinguish between past, present, and future.

2. Why does Leonel tell Forche they cannot move the bodies they find in the street?
(a) They do not know who the people are, so they do not know where to move them to.
(b) It is disrespectful to move bodies from the street.
(c) They are too heavy and it is too dangerous.
(d) The families would be upset.

3. What does Leonel tell Forche about revolutions?
(a) They are expensive.
(b) They are futile.
(c) They must come from the peasants.
(d) They do not go according to plan.

4. What helps Margarita and Forche get away when they are chased by car on page 279?
(a) Other drivers who see what is happening to them.
(b) Leonel.
(c) Harry Mattison.
(d) Margarita's husband.

5. Who meets Forche at the airport on her first trip to El Salvador?
(a) John Taylor.
(b) Margarita.
(c) Leonel.
(d) Oscar Romero.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the former death squad member who stays with Forche for a time?

2. Why does Leonel tell Forche he can not just give his land to his workers?

3. Who else does Forche meet at the seminary who is also there to help protect those inside seeking refuge?

4. Who does Leonel have a poster of in his own house that Forche recognizes?

5. What is one of the reasons Leonel tells Forche it will be difficult to convince other Americans about what she has seen in El Salvador?

(see the answer key)

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