View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 213 - 293).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Leonel and his workers use to get water to his crop?
(a) Fire trucks.
(b) A long hose.
(c) Traditional watering cans.
(d) Metal backpacks to carry the water.

2. Why do the Salvadoran poets ask Forche not to use their real names if she publishes their poems?
(a) They do not like their real names.
(b) They are afraid of what the government would do to them if they found out they wrote the poems.
(c) They are ashamed of their work.
(d) They need to be able to leave the country and they will not be able to leave if people know they wrote the poems.

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

4. How does Leonel refer to Forche's pending visit to El Salvador?
(a) She will be a reverse Peace Corps volunteer.
(b) She will be a journalist.
(c) She will be a Red Cross volunteer.
(d) She will be a doctor's assistant.

5. Why does Forche have to tie her sweater around her neck in the prison?
(a) To hide her unusual birthmark.
(b) She is so upset that she broke out in hives and does not want anyone to see.
(c) A prisoner cuts her and she is bleeding.
(d) To keep her pulse from quickening.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Forche write much of her work in El Salvador?

2. What does Leonel say when Forche asks him why he is obsessed with the disappearance of one American?

3. Which of the following skills did Leonel possess?

4. Why does Leonel's friend inside the prison advise Forche to take the drink he offers?

5. What awful sight does Forche see a patient suffering during her visit to the hospital in El Salvador?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 396 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample