2. How do the Mayans view time, according to Leonel?
(a) They are afraid of the future.
(b) They believe the right fortune-teller can change the present-day.
(c) They do not distinguish between past, present, and future.
(d) The past is the most important thing to them.

3. How was General Chacon killed?
(a) He was stabbed by his wife.
(b) He was ambushed by his own military.
(c) He was shot by his own son.
(d) He was poisoned by his mistress.

4. What was Forche doing the first time she met her husband?
(a) Writing at her house.
(b) Watering plants.
(c) Protesting the war.
(d) Trying to light a burner on a stove.

5. What was the visual warning of the Mano Blanca group?
(a) A severed finger left on a porch.
(b) A white handprint on a building or wall.
(c) A lock of hair from a prisoner of theirs taped to a door.
(d) A red X on a building or wall.

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

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

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

9. Which of the following books did Leonel stay up late reading during his visit to Forche in the U.S.?
(a) The Catcher in the Rye.
(b) The Westing Game.
(c) The Prince of Tides.
(d) The Military Art of People's War.

10. Where did Forche and Leonel go as soon as they returned to El Salvador from Guatemala?
(a) The sugar cane fields.
(b) The convent of the Sisters of Divine Providence.
(c) The coffee farm.
(d) The theater.

11. How does Forche write much of her work in El Salvador?
(a) In pencil.
(b) In pen.
(c) In crayon.
(d) In marker.

12. What does the American ambassador to El Salvador tell Forche when she asks him about Ronald Richardson?
(a) He says he considers Richardson's disappearance unsolvable.
(b) He says he has put his best investigator on the case.
(c) He says he is working very hard to figure out the case.
(d) He says he has already solved the case.

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

14. What does Leonel think of Margarita's husband?
(a) He detests him.
(b) He describes him as a decent man.
(c) He thinks he is a good father.
(d) He thinks he is good at his job.

15. What does Leonel tell Forcche the letters RDX stand for?
(a) Research Department X-Ray.
(b) Research Department Explosive.
(c) Really Dismal Expat.
(d) Ready Department Expletive.