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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. In Leonel's story about the businessmen's negotiations with the peasants, what do the businessmen refuse to give the peasants?
(a) A bar of gold.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Toilet paper.
(d) A cow.

2. Who does Leonel have a poster of in his own house that Forche recognizes?
(a) Bob Marley.
(b) Bob Dylan.
(c) Fidel Castro.
(d) Che Guevara.

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

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 puppy.
(c) A newborn baby.
(d) A famous poet.

5. What did the doctor at the first hospital Forche visits in El Salvador tell her before Forche goes to see it?
(a) The doctor says that age-related blindness is her biggest challenge among patients.
(b) The doctor does not know how to prepare Forche for what she is about to see.
(c) The doctor thinks the biggest problem in the country is drug addiction.
(d) The doctor thinks they are getting on well for what they have to work with.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of animals did Forche and her roommate keep in Calfornia?

2. Why does Leonel's friend inside the prison advise Forche to take the drink he offers?

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

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

5. What did Forche's father make her do when she told him she wanted to be a poet?

(see the answer key)

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