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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 is another name for the Santa Ana winds?
2. What does Forche see inside the prison that upsets her immensely?
3. Why does Forche have to tie her sweater around her neck in the prison?
4. What does Leonel tell Forche about revolutions?
5. What does Leonel ask the people farming his land to do in an effort to help them become more self-sufficient?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Forche think about Leonel's apparent obsession with Donald Richardson?
2. What recurring nightmare does Forche have as a child that she is reminded of again in El Salvador?
3. What does Forche buy in large amounts in the discount store Gemco to take back to El Salvador with her?
4. 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?
5. What does Forche understand the phrase "take care of this" to mean when used by soldiers in El Salvador?
6. Why does Leonel reject the idea of Forche pretending she is a nun while in El Salvador?
7. What does seeing Leonel with a mysterious woman seem to make Forche realize about her feelings for him?
8. What does it mean to hang things on a tree in certain parts of El Salvador?
9. What changes Forche's feelings about meeting with the Salvadoran writers immediately after her horrific visit to Ahuachapan?
10. What does Leonel tell Forche when she rebukes him for not giving some of his land to the peasants?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Forche react when Leonel first starts revealing graphic details about General Cachon's torture tactics? What do you think is Leonel's intent in revealing such disturbing details to Forche? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
What does the reader learn about Forche's childhood and upbringing from her flashbacks during her first experience using a latrine in El Salvador? (83). Write an essay explaining your answer.
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