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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 139 - 211).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Mayans view time, according to Leonel?
(a) They are afraid of the future.
(b) The past is the most important thing to them.
(c) They believe the right fortune-teller can change the present-day.
(d) They do not distinguish between past, present, and future.

2. Which Turkish poet was Forche reading at the time she first met Leonel?
(a) Tralap Patward.
(b) Wislawa Szyborska.
(c) Nazim Hikmet.
(d) Tacep Erdogan.

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

4. Why did Salvadorans put rags and garbage on trees sometimes?
(a) To mark secret dwellings.
(b) To embarrass the tree in front of other trees if it failed to produce fruit.
(c) To help the tree grow.
(d) To help people with directions.

5. In Leonel's story about the businessmen's negotiations with the peasants, what do the businessmen refuse to give the peasants?
(a) A bar of gold.
(b) Toilet paper.
(c) A cow.
(d) Coffee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Leonel tell Forche are some of the prisoners at Ahuachapan?

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 make Forche for breakfast when he stays at her house in California?

4. Which airport does Forche fly into on her first trip to El Salvador?

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

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