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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 did Forche often eat for breakfast in El Salvador?
(a) Bread.
(b) Strawberries.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) Beans and tortillas.

2. What did Forche's father make her do when she told him she wanted to be a poet?
(a) Go to beauty school.
(b) Learn to type.
(c) Get a degree in chemistry instead.
(d) Take engineering classes.

3. Which house did Forche stay in on her first nights in El Salvador?
(a) Claribel's house.
(b) Leonel's house.
(c) Margarita's house.
(d) Blanca's house, which used to belong to a dictator.

4. What did Forche's friends say when she was considering her first trip to El Salvador?
(a) They thought she should go there on a religious mission.
(b) They urged her against it.
(c) They said it would be good for her career.
(d) They thought it would be a good way to meet a man.

5. Where does Margarita work?
(a) The bank.
(b) The hospital.
(c) The Catholic University, La UCA.
(d) The solicitor's office.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Forche tell Leonel about the way poets are perceived in the United States?

4. In what year does Forche make her first trip to El Salvador?

5. What does Leonel make Forche for breakfast when he stays at her house in California?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What was Forche's experience observing and helping in Dr. Vicky's hospital?

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

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

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

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

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