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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. What did Forche know the song Madre was about?
(a) Eating good food.
(b) Having a good nanny.
(c) The mining of the waters of Haiphong.
(d) Losing one's mother.

2. Which of the following books did Leonel stay up late reading during his visit to Forche in the U.S.?
(a) The Westing Game.
(b) The Catcher in the Rye.
(c) The Prince of Tides.
(d) The Military Art of People's War.

3. Why does Leonel like to talk to so many different kinds of people from different classes?
(a) Because he likes all different kinds of people.
(b) Because he is so interested in military people.
(c) Because he is a spy.
(d) Because he thinks the air of mystery it creates around him is advantageous.

4. What does Leonel ask the people farming his land to do in an effort to help them become more self-sufficient?
(a) Make their children work on the farm, too.
(b) Invest in the stock market.
(c) Form a cooperative.
(d) Use the black market.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Leonel's friend inside the prison advise Forche to take the drink he offers?

2. How do the Mayans view time, according to Leonel?

3. What did Forche talk to the American ambassador to El Salvador about that was of no consequence but was just small talk?

4. What does Forche smell in Leonel's house that she thinks is gas?

5. What does Leonel tell her about driving to the poorer neighborhoods during the rainy season?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do the women near Nabaj give Leonel their intricate weavings to take with him?

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

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

6. What changes Forche's feelings about meeting with the Salvadoran writers immediately after her horrific visit to Ahuachapan?

7. What does Forche come to understand about the nature of a person's life when that person joins a death squad?

8. What does Leonel tell Forche about Colonel Chacon?

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

10. What does Leonel tell Forche the Salvadorans did with the portable toilets the Americans tried to set up for them?

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