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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 did Forche know the song Madre was about?
(a) Eating good food.
(b) Losing one's mother.
(c) Having a good nanny.
(d) The mining of the waters of Haiphong.

2. What does the religious figure with Forche say they all must do for the person whose abduction they witnessed?
(a) Take a photograph of the van that he was forced into.
(b) Pray for him.
(c) Track him.
(d) Call his family.

3. What is another name for the death squads?
(a) Mano Blanca.
(b) The Force.
(c) The Wind.
(d) Campesinos.

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

5. What did Forche talk to the American ambassador to El Salvador about that was of no consequence but was just small talk?
(a) She asked him about his cat.
(b) They talked about cars.
(c) She asked him about his aquarium.
(d) They talked about Michigan, where they both grew up.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who guards the front entrance of the U.S. embassy in El Salvador?

2. Where does Leonel stay for part of the time he spends in the United States on page 237?

3. What kind of car does Leonel drive?

4. What does the fire in the barrio remind Forche about?

5. Why does Leon tell Forche he never enters churches?

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