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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 does Leonel use to illustrate his lessons to Forche upon their first meeting?
(a) A computer program.
(b) Photographs.
(c) Paintings.
(d) White butcher paper.

2. What food does Leonel especially prefer?
(a) Funnel cakes.
(b) Grilled shrimp.
(c) Lamb.
(d) Rice.

3. Which Central American poet did Forche translate work into English for when Forche was in her twenties?
(a) Claribel Alegria.
(b) Pablo Neruda.
(c) Oscar Romero.
(d) Leonel Gomez.

4. What does the fire in the barrio remind Forche about?
(a) A fire that killed her friend as a child.
(b) A fire that burned down her house as a child.
(c) A fire that burned down her dormitory in college.
(d) A recurring nightmare she had as a child of ashes and people who were burned.

5. What does the person who meets Forche at the airport on her first trip to El Salvador tell her about Leonel?
(a) He is involved with the military.
(b) He is a spy.
(c) He is a pretty strange guy.
(d) He is dangerous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which French resistance poet does Forche admire?

2. In what year does Forche make her first trip to El Salvador?

3. What did Forche talk to the American ambassador to El Salvador about that was of no consequence but was just small talk?

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

5. How does Forche perceive the behavior of Leonel's young daughters?

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