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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 thinks the biggest problem in the country is drug addiction.
(c) The doctor thinks they are getting on well for what they have to work with.
(d) The doctor does not know how to prepare Forche for what she is about to see.

2. Where had Forche's friend Maya convinced her to travel with her when Forche was 27?
(a) France.
(b) Russia.
(c) China.
(d) Mallorca.

3. What did Forche's father make her do when she told him she wanted to be a poet?
(a) Learn to type.
(b) Go to beauty school.
(c) Get a degree in chemistry instead.
(d) Take engineering classes.

4. What does Margarita call Forche?
(a) Papu.
(b) Una periodista.
(c) The Chosen One.
(d) Carolina.

5. Which house did Forche stay in on her first nights in El Salvador?
(a) Leonel's house.
(b) Blanca's house, which used to belong to a dictator.
(c) Margarita's house.
(d) Claribel's house.

6. How do the workers on Leonel's farm draw water from the drum?
(a) Using a system with a stationary bicycle.
(b) Using mules.
(c) Using strong hoses.
(d) Using horses.

7. What does Leonel have tucked inside a magazine in his car that shocks Forche at first?
(a) A handgun.
(b) A machete.
(c) A can of mace.
(d) A vial of illegal drugs.

8. Who finally told Forche she should travel to El Salvador for the first time?
(a) Her husband.
(b) An old friend from Michigan.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

9. Who is Margarita's maid?
(a) Aloma.
(b) Allegra.
(c) Alma.
(d) Claribel.

10. How does Leonel refer to Forche's pending visit to El Salvador?
(a) She will be a Red Cross volunteer.
(b) She will be a journalist.
(c) She will be a doctor's assistant.
(d) She will be a reverse Peace Corps volunteer.

11. What does Leonel say when Forche accuses him of using her to gain access to people?
(a) He says he will start paying her a wage.
(b) He tells her to go home.
(c) He says he is not using her, he is giving her a rare opportunity.
(d) He says it is necessary to use her to get what he wants.

12. What happened to the olive-oil bottle Forche's friend Maya sent her?
(a) Maya never ended up sending it.
(b) It got lost in the mail.
(c) It was broken.
(d) It got stolen.

13. Which novel did Claribel and Bud write that Forche reminds Leonel she has read?
(a) My Savior.
(b) Ashes from Izalco.
(c) Songs of Salvador.
(d) Algeria.

14. What awful sight does Forche see a patient suffering during her visit to the hospital in El Salvador?
(a) Maggots in a wound.
(b) Pain during childbirth.
(c) Flesh-eating bacteria.
(d) Septicemia.

15. What does Forche remember thinking when she and Leonel come upon the dismembered body in El Salvador on page 4?
(a) Did the man have a family?
(b) Why do the men she is with not do something about the body?
(c) How was the man killed?
(d) Will Forche and Leonel be the next to die?

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the newspapers Leonel buys to read?

2. Which Central American poet did Forche translate work into English for when Forche was in her twenties?

3. What do Leonel and his workers use to get water to his crop?

4. Who was Forche's childhood neighbor who came back from Vietnam a changed person?

5. Why does Leonel decide Carolyn should stay with Margarita?

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