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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. How does Leonel say poets are perceived in El Salvador?
(a) They are taken very seriously and often appointed to high-level jobs.
(b) They are confined to academia.
(c) They are expected to write flattering material about the government.
(d) They all live to old ages.

2. Where do Forche and Leonel cross into Guatemala?
(a) At Guadalahara.
(b) At Las Chinamas.
(c) At the port of Hilala.
(d) At Rio Canal.

3. What does Forche tell Leonel about the way poets are perceived in the United States?
(a) They are not taken seriously, and they are seen as crazy or as romantics.
(b) They are often given highly-paid jobs.
(c) They are revered.
(d) They are feared.

4. Which of the following skills did Leonel possess?
(a) He was a world-class singer.
(b) He was a champion marksman.
(c) He was an Olympic-level swimmer.
(d) He was a world-class volleyball player.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Margarita tell Forche to do if she is ever in trouble?

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

3. Why does Leonel take Forche to Ahuachapan?

4. Who was Forche's childhood neighbor who came back from Vietnam a changed person?

5. Where does Forche meet Margarita for the first time?

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