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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. What kind of car does Leonel drive?
(a) A Suburban.
(b) A Ford pickup.
(c) A Subaru.
(d) A Hiace van.

3. What kind of crop does Leonel farm?
(a) Zucchini.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Corn.

4. What awful sight does Forche see a patient suffering during her visit to the hospital in El Salvador?
(a) Pain during childbirth.
(b) Septicemia.
(c) Flesh-eating bacteria.
(d) Maggots in a wound.

5. Why does Leonel tell Forche they cannot move the bodies they find in the street?
(a) The families would be upset.
(b) It is disrespectful to move bodies from the street.
(c) They do not know who the people are, so they do not know where to move them to.
(d) They are too heavy and it is too dangerous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the word for a shack with walls made from corrugated metal?

2. Which of the following refers to a wealthier household or neighborhood in El Salvador?

3. How does Forche perceive the behavior of Leonel's young daughters?

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Forche realize Leonel enjoys immensely during the time he stays with her in California?

9. What does Leonel tell Forche about the way poets are perceived in El Salvador?

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

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