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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. Why does Leonel take Forche to Ahuachapan?
(a) To observe the human rights abuses at the prison there.
(b) To hike up a famous mountain.
(c) To eat the local cuisine.
(d) To meet his grandmother.

2. What music does Mattison play every morning Forche stays at his apartment?
(a) Bruce Springsteen.
(b) Simon and Garfunkel.
(c) Irish traditional music.
(d) A Nicaraguan revolutionary song.

3. What did Forche know the song Madre was about?
(a) Eating good food.
(b) The mining of the waters of Haiphong.
(c) Having a good nanny.
(d) Losing one's mother.

4. What does Forche criticize Leonel for regarding the way he runs his farm?
(a) She says he should charge more for his coffee.
(b) She says he should just give the land to the laborers.
(c) She says he should provide his workers with better health care.
(d) She says he should not be so easy on his workers.

5. What is the titled of Forche's second published book of poems?
(a) Nothing is Permanent.
(b) The Country Between Us.
(c) National Holidays.
(d) The Trees Have Feelings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Margarita work?

2. What does Leonel say when Forche asks him why he is obsessed with the disappearance of one American?

3. Why does Leonel tell Forche not to pretend she is a nun?

4. Who did Forche stay with in New Mexico in her early twenties?

5. What does Leonel give to Forche right after she stays out past curfew, on page 325?

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