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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where does Margarita work?
(a) The hospital.
(b) The solicitor's office.
(c) The bank.
(d) The Catholic University, La UCA.

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

7. What does the person who meets Forche at the airport on her first trip to El Salvador tell her about Leonel?
(a) He is a spy.
(b) He is involved with the military.
(c) He is dangerous.
(d) He is a pretty strange guy.

8. What is Forche's nickname from her time in New Mexico?
(a) Darling.
(b) Bonita.
(c) Papu.
(d) Chocon.

9. What did the doctor at the first hospital Forche visits in El Salvador tell her before Forche goes to see it?
(a) The doctor does not know how to prepare Forche for what she is about to see.
(b) The doctor thinks the biggest problem in the country is drug addiction.
(c) The doctor says that age-related blindness is her biggest challenge among patients.
(d) The doctor thinks they are getting on well for what they have to work with.

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

11. What kinds of animals did Forche and her roommate keep in Calfornia?
(a) Ducks.
(b) Ferrets.
(c) Hamsters.
(d) Rabbits.

12. Who is the doctor at the first hospital Leonel takes Forche to visit in El Salvador?
(a) Dr. Donald Richardson.
(b) Dr. James Morrison.
(c) Dr. Vicky Guzman.
(d) Dr. Allegra Nagron.

13. Which American's disappearance is Leonel obsessed with?
(a) Megan Tenent.
(b) Donald Richardson.
(c) David Spanner.
(d) Holly Gomez.

14. 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 not taken seriously, and they are seen as crazy or as romantics.
(c) They are revered.
(d) They are feared.

15. What did Forche's friends say when she was considering her first trip to El Salvador?
(a) They said it would be good for her career.
(b) They thought she should go there on a religious mission.
(c) They urged her against it.
(d) They thought it would be a good way to meet a man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leonel say when Forche accuses him of using her to gain access to people?

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

3. What does Leonel say when Forche asks him why he is obsessed with the disappearance of one American?

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

5. What is another name for the death squads?

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