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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 was General Chacon killed?
(a) He was stabbed by his wife.
(b) He was shot by his own son.
(c) He was ambushed by his own military.
(d) He was poisoned by his mistress.

2. What were the wars in Argentina and Chile referred to as?
(a) Wild wars.
(b) Lost wars.
(c) Dirty wars.
(d) Just wars.

3. What does Leonel think of Margarita's husband?
(a) He detests him.
(b) He thinks he is a good father.
(c) He describes him as a decent man.
(d) He thinks he is good at his job.

4. Who guards the front entrance of the U.S. embassy in El Salvador?
(a) Two U.S. Marines in dress blues.
(b) One dozen El Salvador military personnel.
(c) Two Air Force cadets.
(d) One Navy cadet.

5. In Leonel's story about the businessmen's negotiations with the peasants, what do the businessmen refuse to give the peasants?
(a) A cow.
(b) Toilet paper.
(c) A bar of gold.
(d) Coffee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Forche know the song Madre was about?

2. How does Forche write much of her work in El Salvador?

3. What does the American ambassador to El Salvador tell Forche when she asks him about Ronald Richardson?

4. What does Leonel tell Forche about the textiles in Guatemala?

5. Why does Forche have to tie her sweater around her neck in the prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does seeing Leonel with a mysterious woman seem to make Forche realize about her feelings for him?

2. What does Forche buy in large amounts in the discount store Gemco to take back to El Salvador with her?

3. What does Leonel tell Forche when she rebukes him for not giving some of his land to the peasants?

4. What does Forche think about Leonel's apparent obsession with Donald Richardson?

5. What does Forche understand the phrase "take care of this" to mean when used by soldiers in El Salvador?

6. What does Forche tell Chenco, the young priest who comes to say mass at the poor village she stays in briefly, about why Leonel cares what North Americans think about El Salvador?

7. Why is Forche embarrassed when the women in the village she stays in all wash together from a spigot?

8. What does it mean to hang things on a tree in certain parts of El Salvador?

9. In San Salvador, what did a white handprint on a door or wall signify?

10. Why does Margarita suggest that Forche borrow a dress and good shoes from her?

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