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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 say poets are perceived in El Salvador?
(a) They are taken very seriously and often appointed to high-level jobs.
(b) They are confined to academia.
(c) They all live to old ages.
(d) They are expected to write flattering material about the government.

2. What does Forche tell Leonel about the way poets are perceived in the United States?
(a) They are feared.
(b) They are revered.
(c) They are often given highly-paid jobs.
(d) They are not taken seriously, and they are seen as crazy or as romantics.

3. What is one of the newspapers Leonel buys to read?
(a) The Daily News.
(b) El Heraldo.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) El Diario de Hoy.

4. What is Forche's nickname from her time in New Mexico?
(a) Darling.
(b) Papu.
(c) Chocon.
(d) Bonita.

5. How does Forche perceive the behavior of Leonel's young daughters?
(a) They are very well-behaved and quiet.
(b) They are spoiled.
(c) They are restless.
(d) They are disrespectful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which American's disappearance is Leonel obsessed with?

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

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

4. What do Leonel and his workers use to get water to his crop?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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