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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. How does Leonel refer to Forche's pending visit to El Salvador?
(a) She will be a doctor's assistant.
(b) She will be a reverse Peace Corps volunteer.
(c) She will be a journalist.
(d) She will be a Red Cross volunteer.

2. Who does Leonel ask Forche to write to to help vouch for him?
(a) Claribel, Forche's friend.
(b) Leonel's ex-wife.
(c) Tom Anderson, another American writer.
(d) The U.S. ambassador to El Salvador.

3. Which general does Leonel take Forche to see during the early days of her first visit to El Salvador?
(a) Romero.
(b) Chacon.
(c) Medrano.
(d) Pele.

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

5. What does Leonel say when Forche asks him why he is obsessed with the disappearance of one American?
(a) Because this American might have been a weapons expert.
(b) Because this American was wealthy.
(c) Because of how it might implicate Colonel Romero.
(d) Because of how it might implicate Colonel Chacon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which grandmother of Forche's led a nomadic and unsettled life?

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

3. Which house did Forche stay in on her first nights in El Salvador?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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