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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 kind of crop does Leonel farm?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Zucchini.
(d) Corn.

2. Which novel did Claribel and Bud write that Forche reminds Leonel she has read?
(a) Algeria.
(b) Songs of Salvador.
(c) Ashes from Izalco.
(d) My Savior.

3. What do Leonel and his workers use to get water to his crop?
(a) A long hose.
(b) Fire trucks.
(c) Traditional watering cans.
(d) Metal backpacks to carry the water.

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

5. How did Leonel get from El Salvador to Forche's house when he visits her for the first time?
(a) He took an airplane.
(b) He took a ferry.
(c) He drove.
(d) He walked.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Central American poet did Forche translate work into English for when Forche was in her twenties?

2. What does Margarita call Forche?

3. What do Forche and Leonel eat after their visit to the campo?

4. Where had Forche's friend Maya convinced her to travel with her when Forche was 27?

5. Who does Leonel bring with him on his first visit to Forche?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Leonel say to Forche when she first arrives in El Salvador on her first trip that makes her think her travel there was a mistake?

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

6. What does Forche think about Leonel's daughters during the time they all stay with her in California?

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

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

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

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

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