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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 part of Forche's past does she think is none of Leonel's business when she first meets him?
(a) Her romantic life.
(b) Her family history.
(c) Her children.
(d) Her experiences with Vietnam.

2. Who is the doctor at the first hospital Leonel takes Forche to visit in El Salvador?
(a) Dr. James Morrison.
(b) Dr. Vicky Guzman.
(c) Dr. Allegra Nagron.
(d) Dr. Donald Richardson.

3. Which Central American poet did Forche translate work into English for when Forche was in her twenties?
(a) Pablo Neruda.
(b) Oscar Romero.
(c) Leonel Gomez.
(d) Claribel Alegria.

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

5. What is another name for the death squads?
(a) The Wind.
(b) Campesinos.
(c) The Force.
(d) Mano Blanca.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the doctor at the first hospital Forche visits in El Salvador tell her before Forche goes to see it?

2. What kind of crop does Leonel farm?

3. What happened to the olive-oil bottle Forche's friend Maya sent her?

4. Which Turkish poet was Forche reading at the time she first met Leonel?

5. Where does Margarita work?

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. What is the loose connection between Forche and Leonel?

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

4. What does Forche think would have happened if she had not answered her door to Leonel in California on the first day he visited her?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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