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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. Which grandmother of Forche's led a nomadic and unsettled life?
2. In what year does Forche make her first trip to El Salvador?
3. What did Forche's father make her do when she told him she wanted to be a poet?
4. What is one of the newspapers Leonel buys to read?
5. Which airport does Forche fly into on her first trip to El Salvador?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Forche's experiences living in New Mexico when she was 23 teach her?
2. What memory does Forche's first trip to an outdoor latrine in El Salvador trigger for her?
3. Why does Leonel tell Forche he can not work with people who drink?
4. What is the loose connection between Forche and Leonel?
5. Why does Forche give up on the idea of a medical career as a young woman?
6. How does the first scene Forche describes in El Salvador, on pages 3 - 4, set the tone for the rest of the book?
7. What does Leonel do immediately when he arrives at Forche's house and continue doing for several days?
8. What is one of the frustrating things about traveling with Leonel that bothers Forche?
9. What does Forche think about Leonel's daughters during the time they all stay with her in California?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are Forche's first impressions of Leonel's activities, friends, lifestyle, and place in society upon her first trip to El Salvador? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 2
What does Forche learn about both Leonel and agricultural life in El Salvador when he takes her to visit his coffee farm? (100). What does Forche think about the innovations and tactics Leonel and his workers created to help make their work more efficient? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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