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

2. What did Forche's friends say when she was considering her first trip to El Salvador?
(a) They thought she should go there on a religious mission.
(b) They urged her against it.
(c) They thought it would be a good way to meet a man.
(d) They said it would be good for her career.

3. Which American's disappearance is Leonel obsessed with?
(a) Donald Richardson.
(b) Megan Tenent.
(c) Holly Gomez.
(d) David Spanner.

4. What illness did Forche experience since childhood?
(a) Colitis.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Crippling allergies.
(d) Depression.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following skills did Leonel possess?

2. Which Salvadoran military figure does Leonel have a burning hatred for?

3. Who does Leonel bring with him on his first visit to Forche?

4. How does Leonel refer to Forche's pending visit to El Salvador?

5. Where had Forche's friend Maya convinced her to travel with her when Forche was 27?

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