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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Leonel tell Forche to ask for inside the prison?
(a) Miguel.
(b) Andre.
(c) Ramon.
(d) Oscar.

2. What is another name for the Santa Ana winds?
(a) The devil winds.
(b) The Western winds.
(c) The spirit winds.
(d) The wild winds.

3. 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.

4. What is Forche embarrassed about when she stays at Fina's?
(a) Stripping and washing with the other women.
(b) Having her period.
(c) Being sick.
(d) Eating too much.

5. Who does Leonel tell Forche are some of the prisoners at Ahuachapan?
(a) Academics.
(b) Workers.
(c) Poets.
(d) Political prisoners.

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

7. At what discount store does Forche buy supplies to take to El Salvador with her?
(a) Costco.
(b) K-Mart.
(c) Wolworth's.
(d) Gemco.

8. Why does Margarita tell Forche she is safe from harm for the time being on page 276?
(a) The death squads think she is a man, so they are looking for a man.
(b) Her father will always protect her with his influence and money.
(c) The death squads think she is a nun, so they are mistakenly looking for a nun.
(d) Her husband is untouchable, so they will never harm her.

9. What does Forche criticize Leonel for regarding the way he runs his farm?
(a) She says he should provide his workers with better health care.
(b) She says he should not be so easy on his workers.
(c) She says he should charge more for his coffee.
(d) She says he should just give the land to the laborers.

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

11. What does Forche see inside the prison that upsets her immensely?
(a) Men kept in very small boxes.
(b) Sexual abuse.
(c) Men bleeding to death.
(d) Drug use.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leonel tell Forche about revolutions?

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

3. How does Forche write much of her work in El Salvador?

4. Why does Leonel's friend inside the prison advise Forche to take the drink he offers?

5. Why are the authorities in El Salvador after Margarita, even though they do not know her identity?

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