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

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

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which general does Leonel take Forche to see during the early days of her first visit to El Salvador?

2. What did Forche's father make her do when she told him she wanted to be a poet?

3. Who is Margarita's maid?

4. What does Leonel give to Forche as a peace offering on the way to the campo?

5. How does Leonel say poets are perceived in El Salvador?

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Forche give up on the idea of a medical career as a young woman?

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

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

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