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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. Which of the following did poet Pablo Neruda write about El Salvador?
(a) The country is not yet ready to heal.
(b) The blood of dead peasants has not dried.
(c) The stench of death is always in the air.
(d) The nuns are at great risk.

2. In what year does Forche make her first trip to El Salvador?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1986.

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

4. What did Leonel hear about the American ambassador to El Salvador's impressions of Forche?
(a) He heard the ambassador was impressed by Forche.
(b) He heard the ambassador liked Forche's writing.
(c) He heard the ambassador thought Forche's Spanish was terrible.
(d) He heard the ambassador was appalled by Forche.

5. What kind of crop does Leonel farm?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Corn.
(d) Zucchini.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the fire in the barrio remind Forche about?

3. What does Leonel have tucked inside a magazine in his car that shocks Forche at first?

4. What did Forche often eat for breakfast in El Salvador?

5. Which of the following friends does Forche experience great danger with in El Salvador?

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