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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 Forche say when Leonel asks if she is a Catholic?
(a) She was never Catholic.
(b) She studies Islam.
(c) She is Jewish now.
(d) She is fallen.

2. What did the campesinos do with the materials the U.S. sent for portable toilets?
(a) Used them to build restaurants.
(b) Used them to build houses out of instead.
(c) Threw them in the ocean.
(d) Threw them in the dump.

3. What do Forche and Leonel eat after their visit to the campo?
(a) Tortillas.
(b) Tacos.
(c) Grilled Shrimp.
(d) Papusas.

4. 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 dangerous.
(c) He is a pretty strange guy.
(d) He is a spy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Leonel want to take Forche to Chichi?

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

3. What is the first house Forche sees in the campo like?

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

5. What kind of crop does Leonel farm?

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