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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which general does Leonel take Forche to see during the early days of her first visit to El Salvador?
(a) Medrano.
(b) Pele.
(c) Romero.
(d) Chacon.

2. What is one of the newspapers Leonel buys to read?
(a) The Daily News.
(b) El Heraldo.
(c) El Diario de Hoy.
(d) The New York Times.

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

4. What did Forche often eat for breakfast in El Salvador?
(a) Bread.
(b) Strawberries.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) Beans and tortillas.

5. How does Leonel say poets are perceived in El Salvador?
(a) They all live to old ages.
(b) They are expected to write flattering material about the government.
(c) They are taken very seriously and often appointed to high-level jobs.
(d) They are confined to academia.

6. In what year does Forche make her first trip to El Salvador?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1982.

7. Which Central American poet did Forche translate work into English for when Forche was in her twenties?
(a) Oscar Romero.
(b) Leonel Gomez.
(c) Pablo Neruda.
(d) Claribel Alegria.

8. What does Forche tell Leonel about the way poets are perceived in the United States?
(a) They are often given highly-paid jobs.
(b) They are feared.
(c) They are not taken seriously, and they are seen as crazy or as romantics.
(d) They are revered.

9. What illness did Forche experience since childhood?
(a) Depression.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Colitis.
(d) Crippling allergies.

10. What does Leonel make Forche for breakfast when he stays at her house in California?
(a) Salvadoran tortillas.
(b) Eggs Benedict.
(c) A perfect omelette.
(d) French toast.

11. What kind of crop does Leonel farm?
(a) Zucchini.
(b) Corn.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Coffee.

12. What does Leonel say when Forche asks him why he is obsessed with the disappearance of one American?
(a) Because this American might have been a weapons expert.
(b) Because of how it might implicate Colonel Romero.
(c) Because of how it might implicate Colonel Chacon.
(d) Because this American was wealthy.

13. What does Leonel tell Forche about the living conditions of most Salvadorans after their visit to the campo?
(a) Twenty percent of the country live in extreme poverty.
(b) Salvadorans could improve their economic status of they would just work harder.
(c) Eighty percent of the country live that way, without a decent bathroom.
(d) Most Salvadorans could afford to retire, but will not because of the culture and work ethic.

14. Who meets Forche at the airport on her first trip to El Salvador?
(a) Margarita.
(b) Oscar Romero.
(c) John Taylor.
(d) Leonel.

15. What does Leonel use to illustrate his lessons to Forche upon their first meeting?
(a) Photographs.
(b) A computer program.
(c) White butcher paper.
(d) Paintings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who works in the hospital alongside the regular doctor when Forche visits?

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

3. What do Forche and Leonel eat after their visit to the campo?

4. What part of Forche's past does she think is none of Leonel's business when she first meets him?

5. Who does Leonel ask Forche to write to to help vouch for him?

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