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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Forche talk to the American ambassador to El Salvador about that was of no consequence but was just small talk?
(a) They talked about Michigan, where they both grew up.
(b) She asked him about his aquarium.
(c) She asked him about his cat.
(d) They talked about cars.

2. Which French resistance poet does Forche admire?
(a) Jean-Paul Sartre.
(b) Bonaparte.
(c) Rene Char.
(d) Claude Bonet.

3. What does Leonel ask the people farming his land to do in an effort to help them become more self-sufficient?
(a) Make their children work on the farm, too.
(b) Form a cooperative.
(c) Invest in the stock market.
(d) Use the black market.

4. What does Leonel tell Forche about her purse when they visit the colonia on page 177?
(a) To hide her purse in the bathroom.
(b) To hide a tape recorder in her purse.
(c) To hide a camera in her purse.
(d) To keep her purse with her at all times no matter what.

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

6. Who does Leonel tell Forche usually sent actual supplies in aid to El Salvador?
(a) The Italians.
(b) The British.
(c) The Swedes.
(d) The Irish.

7. Where does Leonel stay for part of the time he spends in the United States on page 237?
(a) With Forche's mother in Mighigan.
(b) With Forche at her house.
(c) With Claribel at her house.
(d) With Forche's ex-husband in Ohio.

8. Who visits Fina's village under cloak of darkness while Forche is there?
(a) A young Catholic priest.
(b) An American soldier.
(c) A spy with the CIA.
(d) Oscar Romero.

9. Why did Salvadorans put rags and garbage on trees sometimes?
(a) To help the tree grow.
(b) To help people with directions.
(c) To mark secret dwellings.
(d) To embarrass the tree in front of other trees if it failed to produce fruit.

10. Why is Leonel against Forche going to Aguilares with the nuns?
(a) He does not want Forche going there and meeting other men.
(b) He does not want Forche traveling there and endangering the people she meets.
(c) He does not want Forche going there and misrepresenting him.
(d) He does not want Forche going there and speaking bad Spanish to people.

11. Why does Leonel tell Forche not to drink the water at Fina's?
(a) It is too hot.
(b) It could be contaminated.
(c) It is too chlorinated.
(d) It is too cold.

12. Who does Leonel have a poster of in his own house that Forche recognizes?
(a) Bob Dylan.
(b) Che Guevara.
(c) Fidel Castro.
(d) Bob Marley.

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

14. Why does Leonel want to take Forche to Chichi?
(a) So she can meet the president there.
(b) So she can see market day.
(c) So she can learn how to do Mayan weaving.
(d) So she can meet a good friend of his.

15. Which of the following friends does Forche experience great danger with in El Salvador?
(a) Luisa.
(b) Angelica.
(c) Victoria.
(d) Rosa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Leonel hear about the American ambassador to El Salvador's impressions of Forche?

2. Why does Margarita tell Forche she is safe from harm for the time being on page 276?

3. What does Leonel think of Margarita's husband?

4. In Leonel's story about the businessmen's negotiations with the peasants, what do the businessmen refuse to give the peasants?

5. Who guards the front entrance of the U.S. embassy in El Salvador?

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