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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 62).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Forche's nickname from her time in New Mexico?
(a) Chocon.
(b) Darling.
(c) Papu.
(d) Bonita.

2. Where is Forche living when Leonel first comes to her door?
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) Canada.
(c) California.
(d) Texas.

3. How does Leonel refer to Forche's pending visit to El Salvador?
(a) She will be a Red Cross volunteer.
(b) She will be a doctor's assistant.
(c) She will be a journalist.
(d) She will be a reverse Peace Corps volunteer.

4. How did Leonel get from El Salvador to Forche's house when he visits her for the first time?
(a) He took a ferry.
(b) He walked.
(c) He took an airplane.
(d) He drove.

5. 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 Chacon.
(b) Because this American was wealthy.
(c) Because of how it might implicate Colonel Romero.
(d) Because this American might have been a weapons expert.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is another name for the death squads?

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

4. Which grandmother of Forche's led a nomadic and unsettled life?

5. Who finally told Forche she should travel to El Salvador for the first time?

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