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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 illness did Forche experience since childhood?
(a) Crippling allergies.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Depression.
(d) Colitis.

2. What are the people who disappear without a trace called?
(a) The Fallen.
(b) Desperados.
(c) Desaparecidos.
(d) The Lost.

3. Which novel did Claribel and Bud write that Forche reminds Leonel she has read?
(a) Songs of Salvador.
(b) Algeria.
(c) Ashes from Izalco.
(d) My Savior.

4. What does Forche tell Leonel sarcastically is her third lesson?
(a) He needs to give her at least some idea of his plans.
(b) He is always hungry.
(c) He does not have to condescend to her.
(d) She is going home right then.

5. How do the Mayans view time, according to Leonel?
(a) They are afraid of the future.
(b) They believe the right fortune-teller can change the present-day.
(c) They do not distinguish between past, present, and future.
(d) The past is the most important thing to them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the word for a shack with walls made from corrugated metal?

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

3. When do the death squads do their work?

4. Which of the following friends does Forche experience great danger with in El Salvador?

5. What does using the outdoor latrine in the campo remind Forche of?

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