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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 children.
(c) Her family history.
(d) Her experiences with Vietnam.

2. What does using the outdoor latrine in the campo remind Forche of?
(a) Her days in New Mexio.
(b) Her trip to Mallorca.
(c) Her childhood summers in Michigan.
(d) Her days in the Peace Corps.

3. 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 the biggest problem in the country is drug addiction.
(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 they are getting on well for what they have to work with.

4. Why does Leonel decide Carolyn should stay with Margarita?
(a) She will like Margarita better than the other people she has stayed with.
(b) She and Margarita can borrow each other's clothes.
(c) She can learn about Catholicism from Margarita.
(d) It is safer for her there.

5. What does Leonel tell Forche about the living conditions of most Salvadorans after their visit to the campo?
(a) Eighty percent of the country live that way, without a decent bathroom.
(b) Salvadorans could improve their economic status of they would just work harder.
(c) Most Salvadorans could afford to retire, but will not because of the culture and work ethic.
(d) Twenty percent of the country live in extreme poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which song do Forche and Leonel listen to in the car when he comes to pick her up after her first few nights in El Salvador?

2. What seems to change Margarita's mind about Forche?

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

4. What did Forche's friends say when she was considering her first trip to El Salvador?

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 does Leonel do immediately when he arrives at Forche's house and continue doing for several days?

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

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

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

6. What does Forche remember most about her grandmother Anna?

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

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. What is the loose connection between Forche and Leonel?

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

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