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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. Who visits Fina's village under cloak of darkness while Forche is there?
(a) An American soldier.
(b) Oscar Romero.
(c) A young Catholic priest.
(d) A spy with the CIA.

2. What is the first house Forche sees in the campo like?
(a) It is made entirely of cardboard.
(b) Luxurious, with marble polished floors and all the modern comforts.
(c) Very basic, with a packed mud floor and walls of twigs and mud bricks.
(d) Sturdy, with concrete floor and walls.

3. 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) Why do the men she is with not do something about the body?
(d) Did the man have a family?

4. What is Forche embarrassed about when she stays at Fina's?
(a) Having her period.
(b) Stripping and washing with the other women.
(c) Eating too much.
(d) Being sick.

5. Why does Leonel's friend inside the prison advise Forche to take the drink he offers?
(a) So her blood sugar will not get too low.
(b) Because it is polite to accept the drink.
(c) So she can put it under her nose to counteract the stench from the prison.
(d) Because it is so hot inside the prison she will get thirsty.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who finally told Forche she should travel to El Salvador for the first time?

5. Who were most of the people Forche saw walking along the roadside in Guatemala?

(see the answer key)

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