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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. Who did Forche stay with in New Mexico in her early twenties?
(a) The Goodyears.
(b) The Goodmornings.
(c) The Nightingales.
(d) The Steadfasts.

2. Who does Leonel bring with him on his first visit to Forche?
(a) His two daughters.
(b) His brother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His wife.

3. What does Forche say when Leonel asks if she is a Catholic?
(a) She was never Catholic.
(b) She is fallen.
(c) She studies Islam.
(d) She is Jewish now.

4. What does Leonel use to illustrate his lessons to Forche upon their first meeting?
(a) Photographs.
(b) A computer program.
(c) White butcher paper.
(d) Paintings.

5. In what year does Forche make her first trip to El Salvador?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1986.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Forche perceive the behavior of Leonel's young daughters?

2. Why does Leonel tell Forche they cannot move the bodies they find in the street?

3. Why does Leonel decide Carolyn should stay with Margarita?

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

5. What does Leonel say when Forche accuses him of using her to gain access to people?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Forche first think the death squads were, and why did she think that?

3. What is Forche's reaction when Leonel asks her if she is a Catholic?

4. Why does Leonel tell Forche he can not work with people who drink?

5. What is one of the frustrating things about traveling with Leonel that bothers Forche?

6. What memory does Forche's first trip to an outdoor latrine in El Salvador trigger for her?

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

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

9. Why does Forche give up on the idea of a medical career as a young woman?

10. How does Forche feel that Leonel misunderstands her work as a poet?

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