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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 Margarita tell Forche to do if she is ever in trouble?
2. Why does Leonel want to take Forche to Chichi?
3. What is another name for the Santa Ana winds?
4. In Leonel's story about the businessmen's negotiations with the peasants, what do the businessmen refuse to give the peasants?
5. What is Forche embarrassed about when she stays at Fina's?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Leonel reject the idea of Forche pretending she is a nun while in El Salvador?
2. Why does Margarita suggest that Forche borrow a dress and good shoes from her?
3. What happens to Forche and Margarita that shakes Forche to her core and produces great feelings of fear?
4. What did Forche come to think about Leonel during her many trips to El Salvador during the 1980s?
5. What does Forche come to understand about the nature of a person's life when that person joins a death squad?
6. What does it mean to hang things on a tree in certain parts of El Salvador?
7. Why is Forche embarrassed when the women in the village she stays in all wash together from a spigot?
8. What does Forche understand the phrase "take care of this" to mean when used by soldiers in El Salvador?
9. What does Forche's experiences with Vietnam mostly consist of?
10. What does seeing Leonel with a mysterious woman seem to make Forche realize about her feelings for him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay explaining how Forche first becomes aware of the extent of the problem of desaparecidos in El Salvador. Who introduces the concept to her and explains what is being done to try to help bring the families of those who have disappeared some comfort and closure?
Essay Topic 2
How does Forche describe the significance of Archbishop Oscar Romero's work, including his publicly stated positions, to Salvadorans? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay explaining the unique and almost instantaneous bond between Forche and her future husband, Harry Mattison, based on the sharing of their experiences in El Salvador.
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