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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. Who works in the hospital alongside the regular doctor when Forche visits?
(a) A team of trained professionals.
(b) Interns.
(c) Some military men.
(d) Ana, a young campesina with no medical training.

2. Which novel did Claribel and Bud write that Forche reminds Leonel she has read?
(a) Ashes from Izalco.
(b) My Savior.
(c) Songs of Salvador.
(d) Algeria.

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

4. Which of the following skills did Leonel possess?
(a) He was a world-class volleyball player.
(b) He was an Olympic-level swimmer.
(c) He was a world-class singer.
(d) He was a champion marksman.

5. What is the word for a shack with walls made from corrugated metal?
(a) Villagio.
(b) Isla.
(c) Lamina.
(d) Mortella.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Central American poet did Forche translate work into English for when Forche was in her twenties?

2. What part of Forche's past does she think is none of Leonel's business when she first meets him?

3. What does Leonel say when Forche asks him why he is obsessed with the disappearance of one American?

4. What seems to change Margarita's mind about Forche?

5. What happened to the olive-oil bottle Forche's friend Maya sent her?

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