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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 is the first house Forche sees in the campo like?
(a) Luxurious, with marble polished floors and all the modern comforts.
(b) It is made entirely of cardboard.
(c) Sturdy, with concrete floor and walls.
(d) Very basic, with a packed mud floor and walls of twigs and mud bricks.

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

3. What is the word for a shack with walls made from corrugated metal?
(a) Mortella.
(b) Lamina.
(c) Isla.
(d) Villagio.

4. Which grandmother of Forche's led a nomadic and unsettled life?
(a) Roberta.
(b) Carolina.
(c) Jennifer.
(d) Anna.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who chases Margarita and Forche one night by car?

2. What is another name for the Santa Ana winds?

3. What does the American ambassador to El Salvador tell Forche when she asks him about Ronald Richardson?

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

5. What part of Forche's past does she think is none of Leonel's business when she first meets him?

(see the answer key)

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