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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 does Leonel tell Forche about the textiles in Guatemala?
3. What does Leonel think of Margarita's husband?
4. In Leonel's story about the businessmen's negotiations with the peasants, what do the businessmen refuse to give the peasants?
5. Which religious figure was with Forche the only time she actually witnessed an abduction?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do the women near Nabaj give Leonel their intricate weavings to take with him?
2. Why does Margarita suggest that Forche borrow a dress and good shoes from her?
3. 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?
4. What does Forche buy in large amounts in the discount store Gemco to take back to El Salvador with her?
5. Why does Leonel reject the idea of Forche pretending she is a nun while in El Salvador?
6. What does Leonel tell Forche when she rebukes him for not giving some of his land to the peasants?
7. Why is Forche embarrassed when the women in the village she stays in all wash together from a spigot?
8. What does it mean to hang things on a tree in certain parts of El Salvador?
9. In San Salvador, what did a white handprint on a door or wall signify?
10. What does Forche see in the prison Ahuachapan that shakes her to her core?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
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
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.
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