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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. Why does Leonel tell Forche not to drink the water at Fina's?
2. What does Forche borrow from Margarita that comes in handy later?
3. When do the death squads do their work?
4. What does the religious figure with Forche say they all must do for the person whose abduction they witnessed?
5. What idea from Machiavelli tell Forche on page 185?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Margarita suggest that Forche borrow a dress and good shoes from her?
2. What happens to Forche and Margarita that shakes Forche to her core and produces great feelings of fear?
3. What does Forche think about Leonel's apparent obsession with Donald Richardson?
4. What does it mean to hang things on a tree in certain parts of El Salvador?
5. Why is Forche embarrassed when the women in the village she stays in all wash together from a spigot?
6. Why does Leonel reject the idea of Forche pretending she is a nun while in El Salvador?
7. What does Leonel ask the engineer for on page 210 that the engineer, Greg, thinks is outlandish?
8. What did Forche come to think about Leonel during her many trips to El Salvador during the 1980s?
9. What does Forche come to understand about the nature of a person's life when that person joins a death squad?
10. What does Forche understand the phrase "take care of this" to mean when used by soldiers in El Salvador?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is Leonel's greatest wish for, and request of, Forche related to the time she spends in El Salvador? What does Leonel ask Forche to do, and does she feel equipped to do it? 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
Why does Leonel tell Forche that she may have a hard time convincing other Americans that what she has seen in El Salvador, and specifically, how brutal and violent the atmosphere is? Are Leonel's warnings to Forche borne out in her actual experiences? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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