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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 of the following friends does Forche experience great danger with in El Salvador?
2. What particular drug does Forche buy in bulk to take to El Salvador?
3. What does Leonel tell Forche about her purse when they visit the colonia on page 177?
4. What did Forche know the song Madre was about?
5. What did Leonel hear about the American ambassador to El Salvador's impressions of Forche?
Short Essay Questions
1. What changes Forche's feelings about meeting with the Salvadoran writers immediately after her horrific visit to Ahuachapan?
2. 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?
3. What does seeing Leonel with a mysterious woman seem to make Forche realize about her feelings for him?
4. What does Forche understand the phrase "take care of this" to mean when used by soldiers in El Salvador?
5. What does Forche's experiences with Vietnam mostly consist of?
6. What does Leonel tell Forche when she rebukes him for not giving some of his land to the peasants?
7. What does Leonel tell Forche about Colonel Chacon?
8. Why do the women near Nabaj give Leonel their intricate weavings to take with him?
9. What happens to Forche and Margarita that shakes Forche to her core and produces great feelings of fear?
10. In San Salvador, what did a white handprint on a door or wall signify?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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