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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. Which French resistance poet does Forche admire?
(a) Rene Char.
(b) Bonaparte.
(c) Jean-Paul Sartre.
(d) Claude Bonet.

2. Why does Leonel want to take Forche to Chichi?
(a) So she can learn how to do Mayan weaving.
(b) So she can meet a good friend of his.
(c) So she can meet the president there.
(d) So she can see market day.

3. What was Forche doing the first time she met her husband?
(a) Trying to light a burner on a stove.
(b) Watering plants.
(c) Writing at her house.
(d) Protesting the war.

4. What is one of the newspapers Leonel buys to read?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) El Heraldo.
(c) El Diario de Hoy.
(d) The Daily News.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Forche have to tie her sweater around her neck in the prison?

3. What does Forche borrow from Margarita that comes in handy later?

4. What did Forche's friends say when she was considering her first trip to El Salvador?

5. How do the Mayans view time, according to Leonel?

(see the answer key)

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