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1. How does the first scene Forche describes in El Salvador, on pages 3 - 4, set the tone for the rest of the book?

The first scene Forche describes seeing in El Salvador, on pages 3 - 4, is a horrific and graphic description of her coming upon a dismembered body. It sets a tone of tension, foreboding and horror for the rest of the book.

2. What does Forche think would have happened if she had not answered her door to Leonel in California on the first day he visited her?

Forche thinks that Leonel would probably have somehow sensed she was inside the house and continued knocking if she had not answered her door to Leonel in California on the first day he visited her.

3. What is the loose connection between Forche and Leonel?

The loose connection between Forche and Leonel is that Forche had a friend in college, Maya, whose mother was an expatriated Central American poet named Claribel Alegria whose work Forche had helped translate to English. Leonel and Claribel are cousins.

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