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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Leonel smoke?
(a) A pipe.
(b) Juul.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Marijuana.

3. 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) How was the man killed?
(c) Why do the men she is with not do something about the body?
(d) Will Forche and Leonel be the next to die?

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

5. What kind of car does Leonel drive?
(a) A Hiace van.
(b) A Ford pickup.
(c) A Subaru.
(d) A Suburban.

6. What food does Leonel especially prefer?
(a) Grilled shrimp.
(b) Rice.
(c) Lamb.
(d) Funnel cakes.

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

8. What does using the outdoor latrine in the campo remind Forche of?
(a) Her childhood summers in Michigan.
(b) Her days in New Mexio.
(c) Her trip to Mallorca.
(d) Her days in the Peace Corps.

9. Where does Forche meet Margarita for the first time?
(a) At a chuch.
(b) At a cafe that might have been near La UCA, the Catholic University.
(c) At a fancy restaurant.
(d) At the hospital.

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

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

12. What does Forche tell Leonel sarcastically is her third lesson?
(a) He needs to give her at least some idea of his plans.
(b) She is going home right then.
(c) He is always hungry.
(d) He does not have to condescend to her.

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

14. Who was Forche's childhood neighbor who came back from Vietnam a changed person?
(a) Paul.
(b) Peter.
(c) Matthew.
(d) Joseph.

15. Why does Leonel tell Forche not to ask him who people are that he introduces her to?
(a) They are all bound to the military.
(b) They would not want him to tell her.
(c) They all have fake names anyway.
(d) They are afraid of Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leonel have tucked inside a magazine in his car that shocks Forche at first?

2. What are the people who disappear without a trace called?

3. Where does Margarita work?

4. Which Salvadoran military figure does Leonel have a burning hatred for?

5. What is the first house Forche sees in the campo like?

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