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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. Why does Leonel tell Forche not to ask him who people are that he introduces her to?
(a) They all have fake names anyway.
(b) They would not want him to tell her.
(c) They are afraid of Americans.
(d) They are all bound to the military.

2. Who does Leonel ask Forche to write to to help vouch for him?
(a) Claribel, Forche's friend.
(b) Tom Anderson, another American writer.
(c) The U.S. ambassador to El Salvador.
(d) Leonel's ex-wife.

3. Which airport does Forche fly into on her first trip to El Salvador?
(a) La Guardia International Airport.
(b) Santiago International Airport.
(c) El Salvador International Airport.
(d) Ilopango International Airport.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leonel use to illustrate his lessons to Forche upon their first meeting?

2. Who was Forche's childhood neighbor who came back from Vietnam a changed person?

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

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

5. Which novel did Claribel and Bud write that Forche reminds Leonel she has read?

(see the answer key)

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