View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Leonel decide Carolyn should stay with Margarita?
(a) She will like Margarita better than the other people she has stayed with.
(b) She and Margarita can borrow each other's clothes.
(c) It is safer for her there.
(d) She can learn about Catholicism from Margarita.

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

5. Which Turkish poet was Forche reading at the time she first met Leonel?
(a) Wislawa Szyborska.
(b) Tralap Patward.
(c) Nazim Hikmet.
(d) Tacep Erdogan.

6. What kind of vehicle do Forche and Leonel take on her first trip to the campo?
(a) The Hiace van.
(b) An open jeep.
(c) A pickup truck.
(d) A sports car.

7. How does Forche perceive the behavior of Leonel's young daughters?
(a) They are spoiled.
(b) They are very well-behaved and quiet.
(c) They are restless.
(d) They are disrespectful.

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

9. Who works in the hospital alongside the regular doctor when Forche visits?
(a) Ana, a young campesina with no medical training.
(b) A team of trained professionals.
(c) Some military men.
(d) Interns.

10. How does Margarita behave towards Forche at first?
(a) With suspicion.
(b) With indifference.
(c) With anger.
(d) With great kindness.

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

12. What is the word for a shack with walls made from corrugated metal?
(a) Mortella.
(b) Villagio.
(c) Lamina.
(d) Isla.

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

14. What is the first house Forche sees in the campo like?
(a) Luxurious, with marble polished floors and all the modern comforts.
(b) Very basic, with a packed mud floor and walls of twigs and mud bricks.
(c) Sturdy, with concrete floor and walls.
(d) It is made entirely of cardboard.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who meets Forche at the airport on her first trip to El Salvador?

2. Where does Forche meet Margarita for the first time?

3. What is another name for the death squads?

4. Where is Forche living when Leonel first comes to her door?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 494 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample