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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 does Leonel tell Forche the health programs officer at the U.S. embassy primarily does?
(a) Cover up crimes.
(b) Move papers from one side of her desk to the other.
(c) Deliver babies.
(d) Eat chocolate.

2. What part of Forche's past does she think is none of Leonel's business when she first meets him?
(a) Her romantic life.
(b) Her experiences with Vietnam.
(c) Her children.
(d) Her family history.

3. What do Leonel and his workers use to get water to his crop?
(a) Metal backpacks to carry the water.
(b) A long hose.
(c) Traditional watering cans.
(d) Fire trucks.

4. What does Forche remember thinking when she and Leonel come upon the dismembered body in El Salvador on page 4?
(a) How was the man killed?
(b) Will Forche and Leonel be the next to die?
(c) Did the man have a family?
(d) Why do the men she is with not do something about the body?

5. How does Leonel say poets are perceived in El Salvador?
(a) They are confined to academia.
(b) They are taken very seriously and often appointed to high-level jobs.
(c) They are expected to write flattering material about the government.
(d) They all live to old ages.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Leonel ask Forche to write to to help vouch for him?

2. What does Leonel ask Greg, the American engineer in Guatemala, to do for them?

3. What does Margarita tell Forche to do if she is ever in trouble?

4. What does Leonel tell Forche about revolutions?

5. How long after Forche's last meeting with Monsenor Oscar Romero was he assassinated?

(see the answer key)

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