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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Margarita behave towards Forche at first?
2. What do Forche and Leonel eat after their visit to the campo?
3. What is one of the newspapers Leonel buys to read?
4. Where is Forche living when Leonel first comes to her door?
5. How does Leonel refer to Forche's pending visit to El Salvador?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Leonel's occupation, at least ostensibly, and what does Forche think about the way he does his work?
2. What does Forche remember most about her grandmother Anna?
3. How does Forche feel that Leonel misunderstands her work as a poet?
4. What is the loose connection between Forche and Leonel?
5. What does Leonel say to Forche when she first arrives in El Salvador on her first trip that makes her think her travel there was a mistake?
6. What is Forche's reaction when Leonel asks her if she is a Catholic?
7. Why does Forche give up on the idea of a medical career as a young woman?
8. What was Forche's experience observing and helping in Dr. Vicky's hospital?
9. What did Forche's experiences living in New Mexico when she was 23 teach her?
10. What memory does Forche's first trip to an outdoor latrine in El Salvador trigger for her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why is Leonel Gomez so fixated on the case of the American, Ronald Richardson, who disappeared some years earlier? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 2
What is the nature of Forche's personal history having to do with the Vietnam War, and why does she think when she first meets Leonel Gomez that it is none of his business? (50). Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 3
How does Forche describe the fear she eventually begins to feel in El Salvador? How is it different from fear and from fearful situations she experiences both before and after her trips to that country? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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