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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 does Leonel say when Forche asks him why he is obsessed with the disappearance of one American?
(a) Because of how it might implicate Colonel Chacon.
(b) Because this American might have been a weapons expert.
(c) Because this American was wealthy.
(d) Because of how it might implicate Colonel Romero.

2. 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) A prisoner cuts her and she is bleeding.
(c) To keep her pulse from quickening.
(d) To hide her unusual birthmark.

3. What does Leonel ask the people farming his land to do in an effort to help them become more self-sufficient?
(a) Use the black market.
(b) Make their children work on the farm, too.
(c) Invest in the stock market.
(d) Form a cooperative.

4. How does Leonel say poets are perceived in El Salvador?
(a) They are confined to academia.
(b) They are expected to write flattering material about the government.
(c) They are taken very seriously and often appointed to high-level jobs.
(d) They all live to old ages.

5. Who does Leonel tell Forche usually sent actual supplies in aid to El Salvador?
(a) The Italians.
(b) The Swedes.
(c) The British.
(d) The Irish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Leonel tell Forche they cannot move the bodies they find in the street?

2. What helps Margarita and Forche get away when they are chased by car on page 279?

3. Who works in the hospital alongside the regular doctor when Forche visits?

4. Who does Leonel tell Forche to ask for inside the prison?

5. What seems to change Margarita's mind about Forche?

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