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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 63 - 138).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Forche say when Leonel asks if she is a Catholic?
(a) She studies Islam.
(b) She is fallen.
(c) She was never Catholic.
(d) She is Jewish now.

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

3. What does Leonel make Forche for breakfast when he stays at her house in California?
(a) Eggs Benedict.
(b) French toast.
(c) A perfect omelette.
(d) Salvadoran tortillas.

4. What does Margarita call Forche?
(a) Papu.
(b) Carolina.
(c) Una periodista.
(d) The Chosen One.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the word for a shack with walls made from corrugated metal?

2. What did Forche's father make her do when she told him she wanted to be a poet?

3. Why does Leonel tell Forche not to ask him who people are that he introduces her to?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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