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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 Leonel stay for part of the time he spends in the United States on page 237?
(a) With Forche's mother in Mighigan.
(b) With Forche at her house.
(c) With Forche's ex-husband in Ohio.
(d) With Claribel at her house.

2. What does Leonel tell her about driving to the poorer neighborhoods during the rainy season?
(a) He needs to use his better car with bigger tires.
(b) He contracts a better driver to take him places.
(c) He only flies in planes during the rainy season instead of driving.
(d) It is impossible to drive, so he has to walk.

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

4. What is one of the things Leonel tells Forche Chacon does with his victims' bodies?
(a) Ships them out of the country.
(b) Sells their organs.
(c) Keeps their ears.
(d) Feeds them to his dogs.

5. Why does Leonel take Forche to Ahuachapan?
(a) To hike up a famous mountain.
(b) To meet his grandmother.
(c) To observe the human rights abuses at the prison there.
(d) To eat the local cuisine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Leonel against Forche going to Aguilares with the nuns?

2. What does Leonel tell Forche the health programs officer at the U.S. embassy primarily does?

3. Who does Leonel tell Forche are some of the prisoners at Ahuachapan?

4. Why does Leonel tell Forche not to pretend she is a nun?

5. In Leonel's story about the businessmen's negotiations with the peasants, what do the businessmen refuse to give the peasants?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Leonel tell Forche about Colonel Chacon?

2. 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?

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

4. What did Forche come to think about Leonel during her many trips to El Salvador during the 1980s?

5. What does Forche see in the prison Ahuachapan that shakes her to her core?

6. Why does Leonel reject the idea of Forche pretending she is a nun while in El Salvador?

7. How do Forche's friends in America react to her deepening interest in and commitment to El Salvador?

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

9. What recurring nightmare does Forche have as a child that she is reminded of again in El Salvador?

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

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