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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 does the high-ranking official in the colonia tell Forche about her work on page 180?
2. Where does Leonel ask Forche to fly to meet him once she has returned to the U.S. on page 231?
3. Who does Leonel tell Forche usually sent actual supplies in aid to El Salvador?
4. Who guards the front entrance of the U.S. embassy in El Salvador?
5. What does the American ambassador to El Salvador tell Forche when she asks him about Ronald Richardson?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Forche buy in large amounts in the discount store Gemco to take back to El Salvador with her?
2. What does Leonel tell Forche about Colonel Chacon?
3. What does Forche's experiences with Vietnam mostly consist of?
4. What does Leonel tell Forche when she rebukes him for not giving some of his land to the peasants?
5. What does it mean to hang things on a tree in certain parts of El Salvador?
6. Why does Margarita suggest that Forche borrow a dress and good shoes from her?
7. What does Leonel tell Forche the Salvadorans did with the portable toilets the Americans tried to set up for them?
8. What happens to Forche and Margarita that shakes Forche to her core and produces great feelings of fear?
9. What did Forche come to think about Leonel during her many trips to El Salvador during the 1980s?
10. How do Forche's friends in America react to her deepening interest in and commitment to El Salvador?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Forche's experiences in Mallorca inform her experiences in El Salvador, and her initial decision to travel to El Salvador? 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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