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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Leonel's friend inside the prison advise Forche to take the drink he offers?
(a) Because it is polite to accept the drink.
(b) So her blood sugar will not get too low.
(c) So she can put it under her nose to counteract the stench from the prison.
(d) Because it is so hot inside the prison she will get thirsty.

2. What is one of the things Leonel tells Forche Chacon does with his victims' bodies?
(a) Ships them out of the country.
(b) Sells their organs.
(c) Keeps their ears.
(d) Feeds them to his dogs.

3. What does Leonel ask Greg, the American engineer in Guatemala, to do for them?
(a) To make a heating device for them so they can camp more comfortably.
(b) Design and make a collapsible, transportable bridge.
(c) To make a water purifier for them.
(d) Design a new weapon for them.

4. What did Leonel hear about the American ambassador to El Salvador's impressions of Forche?
(a) He heard the ambassador thought Forche's Spanish was terrible.
(b) He heard the ambassador was impressed by Forche.
(c) He heard the ambassador liked Forche's writing.
(d) He heard the ambassador was appalled by Forche.

5. Why does Leonel tell Forche not to pretend she is a nun?
(a) She could be found out, and the real nuns who had helped her could get in trouble.
(b) She is not well-versed enough with Catholicism to pretend to be a nun.
(c) She does not look like a nun.
(d) There are no nuns in El Salvador.

6. What does Leonel tell Forche about revolutions?
(a) They do not go according to plan.
(b) They are futile.
(c) They are expensive.
(d) They must come from the peasants.

7. What does Leonel tell Forche the health programs officer at the U.S. embassy primarily does?
(a) Move papers from one side of her desk to the other.
(b) Cover up crimes.
(c) Eat chocolate.
(d) Deliver babies.

8. Which of the following did poet Pablo Neruda write about El Salvador?
(a) The stench of death is always in the air.
(b) The nuns are at great risk.
(c) The country is not yet ready to heal.
(d) The blood of dead peasants has not dried.

9. What does Leonel tell her about driving to the poorer neighborhoods during the rainy season?
(a) He only flies in planes during the rainy season instead of driving.
(b) He contracts a better driver to take him places.
(c) It is impossible to drive, so he has to walk.
(d) He needs to use his better car with bigger tires.

10. What does Margarita tell Forche to do if she is ever in trouble?
(a) Call 911.
(b) Call her, and Margarita will come get her.
(c) Get out of the country as soon as possible.
(d) Lie.

11. When do the death squads do their work?
(a) Early morning.
(b) At night.
(c) Early afternoon.
(d) Any time of day or night.

12. What were the wars in Argentina and Chile referred to as?
(a) Just wars.
(b) Wild wars.
(c) Lost wars.
(d) Dirty wars.

13. What does the writer ask Forche to come in to the group's meeting to see on page 163?
(a) A painting.
(b) A famous poet.
(c) A puppy.
(d) A newborn baby.

14. What particular drug does Forche buy in bulk to take to El Salvador?
(a) Correctol.
(b) Mifepristone.
(c) Immodium.
(d) Naxolone.

15. What does the fire in the barrio remind Forche about?
(a) A fire that burned down her dormitory in college.
(b) A fire that burned down her house as a child.
(c) A fire that killed her friend as a child.
(d) A recurring nightmare she had as a child of ashes and people who were burned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Forche tell Leonel that Bud, Claribel's husband, told her about him?

2. Which of the following friends does Forche experience great danger with in El Salvador?

3. What did the campesinos do with the materials the U.S. sent for portable toilets?

4. What does Leonel tell Forcche the letters RDX stand for?

5. What does the high-ranking official in the colonia tell Forche about her work on page 180?

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