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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leonel say when Forche accuses him of using her to gain access to people?
(a) He tells her to go home.
(b) He says he will start paying her a wage.
(c) He says it is necessary to use her to get what he wants.
(d) He says he is not using her, he is giving her a rare opportunity.

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

3. Why does Leonel tell Forche not to ask him who people are that he introduces her to?
(a) They are afraid of Americans.
(b) They are all bound to the military.
(c) They would not want him to tell her.
(d) They all have fake names anyway.

4. How does Margarita behave towards Forche at first?
(a) With great kindness.
(b) With anger.
(c) With suspicion.
(d) With indifference.

5. Which airport does Forche fly into on her first trip to El Salvador?
(a) Ilopango International Airport.
(b) Santiago International Airport.
(c) La Guardia International Airport.
(d) El Salvador International Airport.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Margarita work?

2. What food does Leonel especially prefer?

3. Who does Leonel ask Forche to write to to help vouch for him?

4. What does Forche tell Leonel sarcastically is her third lesson?

5. What part of Forche's past does she think is none of Leonel's business when she first meets him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the first scene Forche describes in El Salvador, on pages 3 - 4, set the tone for the rest of the book?

2. What does Leonel tell Forche about the way poets are perceived in El Salvador?

3. What does Forche want to do when she and Leonel come upon two dead men in the street for the first time? (108).

4. What does Forche realize Leonel enjoys immensely during the time he stays with her in California?

5. What did Forche's experiences living in New Mexico when she was 23 teach her?

6. What nickname does Leonel often refer to Forche by and where did it originate?

7. What is the loose connection between Forche and Leonel?

8. What does Forche think Margarita Herrera's first impression of her is?

9. What had Forche's friend Maya told her about Leonel?

10. Why does Leonel take Forche to a wide range of places, including elegant colonias and the shacks of poor campesinos?

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