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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 213 - 293).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Forche failed to do when she returned to El Salvador and things went badly wrong for her three times?
(a) Take her gun with her.
(b) Spoken Spanish as Leonel had instructed.
(c) Follow the rules Leonel had set out for her.
(d) Told Leonel where she was going.

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

3. What part of Forche's past does she think is none of Leonel's business when she first meets him?
(a) Her romantic life.
(b) Her family history.
(c) Her children.
(d) Her experiences with Vietnam.

4. Why does Forche have to tie her sweater around her neck in the prison?
(a) To keep her pulse from quickening.
(b) She is so upset that she broke out in hives and does not want anyone to see.
(c) To hide her unusual birthmark.
(d) A prisoner cuts her and she is bleeding.

5. When do the death squads do their work?
(a) Early morning.
(b) At night.
(c) Any time of day or night.
(d) Early afternoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Leonel's story about the businessmen's negotiations with the peasants, what do the businessmen refuse to give the peasants?

2. What is another name for the Santa Ana winds?

3. What does Leonel give to Forche as a peace offering on the way to the campo?

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

5. Who does Leonel have a poster of in his own house that Forche recognizes?

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