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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. What did Forche's friends say when she was considering her first trip to El Salvador?
(a) They said it would be good for her career.
(b) They thought it would be a good way to meet a man.
(c) They urged her against it.
(d) They thought she should go there on a religious mission.

2. Who does Leonel ask Forche to write to to help vouch for him?
(a) Tom Anderson, another American writer.
(b) Claribel, Forche's friend.
(c) The U.S. ambassador to El Salvador.
(d) Leonel's ex-wife.

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

4. What had Forche failed to do when she returned to El Salvador and things went badly wrong for her three times?
(a) Told Leonel where she was going.
(b) Spoken Spanish as Leonel had instructed.
(c) Follow the rules Leonel had set out for her.
(d) Take her gun with her.

5. Which novel did Claribel and Bud write that Forche reminds Leonel she has read?
(a) Ashes from Izalco.
(b) My Savior.
(c) Algeria.
(d) Songs of Salvador.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Mayans view time, according to Leonel?

2. Where does Leonel ask Forche to fly to meet him once she has returned to the U.S. on page 231?

3. Why does Leonel tell Forche she is like a jaguar or wildcat?

4. Which French resistance poet does Forche admire?

5. What particular drug does Forche buy in bulk to take to El Salvador?

(see the answer key)

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