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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 295 - 384).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who chases Margarita and Forche one night by car?
(a) Margarita's husband.
(b) A death squad.
(c) Leonel.
(d) Harry Mattison.

2. What kinds of animals did Forche and her roommate keep in Calfornia?
(a) Ferrets.
(b) Hamsters.
(c) Rabbits.
(d) Ducks.

3. What was the visual warning of the Mano Blanca group?
(a) A severed finger left on a porch.
(b) A lock of hair from a prisoner of theirs taped to a door.
(c) A red X on a building or wall.
(d) A white handprint on a building or wall.

4. What does the writer ask Forche to come in to the group's meeting to see on page 163?
(a) A painting.
(b) A newborn baby.
(c) A famous poet.
(d) A puppy.

5. What does Leonel tell Forche about the living conditions of most Salvadorans after their visit to the campo?
(a) Eighty percent of the country live that way, without a decent bathroom.
(b) Twenty percent of the country live in extreme poverty.
(c) Most Salvadorans could afford to retire, but will not because of the culture and work ethic.
(d) Salvadorans could improve their economic status of they would just work harder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Forche talk to the American ambassador to El Salvador about that was of no consequence but was just small talk?

2. What does Forche realize Leonel was at least partially responsible for after his death?

3. Where are Forche and Mattison living at the time they take in the former Salvadoran death squad member?

4. Which general does Leonel take Forche to see during the early days of her first visit to El Salvador?

5. Why does Leonel tell Forche not to ask him who people are that he introduces her to?

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