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

2. What idea from Machiavelli tell Forche on page 185?
(a) You need to bury your ego to achieve great things.
(b) Many times, people have to die in order for progress to be made.
(c) With great power comes great responsibility.
(d) Nothing great was ever achieved without danger.

3. Why does Leonel tell Forche he can not just give his land to his workers?
(a) They have to take it from him.
(b) He and his brother are co-owners of the land and his brother will not allow it.
(c) His mother would never forgive him for giving the land away.
(d) The law forbids him giving his land away.

4. Why does Leonel tell Forche not to pretend she is a nun?
(a) She is not well-versed enough with Catholicism to pretend to be a nun.
(b) There are no nuns in El Salvador.
(c) She could be found out, and the real nuns who had helped her could get in trouble.
(d) She does not look like a nun.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Margarita call Forche?

2. Which of the following books did Leonel stay up late reading during his visit to Forche in the U.S.?

3. Where do Forche and Leonel cross into Guatemala?

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

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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