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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. What illness did Forche experience since childhood?
2. What does Leonel say when Forche asks him why he is obsessed with the disappearance of one American?
3. Which airport does Forche fly into on her first trip to El Salvador?
4. What awful sight does Forche see a patient suffering during her visit to the hospital in El Salvador?
5. What kind of crop does Leonel farm?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Forche think would have happened if she had not answered her door to Leonel in California on the first day he visited her?
2. What had Forche's friend Maya told her about Leonel?
3. How does Forche feel that Leonel misunderstands her work as a poet?
4. What does Forche think about Leonel's daughters during the time they all stay with her in California?
5. What does Leonel tell Forche about the way poets are perceived in El Salvador?
6. What is Leonel's occupation, at least ostensibly, and what does Forche think about the way he does his work?
7. Why does Leonel tell Forche he can not work with people who drink?
8. Why does Leonel take Forche to a wide range of places, including elegant colonias and the shacks of poor campesinos?
9. Why does Forche give up on the idea of a medical career as a young woman?
10. What did Forche's experiences living in New Mexico when she was 23 teach her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the significance of the nickname, Papu, by which Leonel almost always refers to Forche? How does Forche feel when Leonel first starts using the term to refer to her? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing how the stage of life and career Forche was in when Leonel first appeared on her doorstep in California contributed to her willingness and ability to travel to El Salvador for extended stays and to begin to bear witness to the turmoil and violence that wracked the country throughout the late 1970s, 80s, and 90s.
Essay Topic 3
Why is it important for Forche to look bourgeoisie in certain settings and at certain times in El Salvador, as explained to her by Margarita? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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