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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 139 - 211).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Forche tell Leonel sarcastically is her third lesson?
(a) She is going home right then.
(b) He is always hungry.
(c) He needs to give her at least some idea of his plans.
(d) He does not have to condescend to her.

2. What was Forche doing the first time she met her husband?
(a) Protesting the war.
(b) Trying to light a burner on a stove.
(c) Watering plants.
(d) Writing at her house.

3. What does Leonel tell Forche about the living conditions of most Salvadorans after their visit to the campo?
(a) Eighty percent of the country live that way, without a decent bathroom.
(b) Twenty percent of the country live in extreme poverty.
(c) Salvadorans could improve their economic status of they would just work harder.
(d) Most Salvadorans could afford to retire, but will not because of the culture and work ethic.

4. Who is Margarita's maid?
(a) Allegra.
(b) Aloma.
(c) Claribel.
(d) Alma.

5. What does Forche see inside the prison that upsets her immensely?
(a) Men kept in very small boxes.
(b) Drug use.
(c) Men bleeding to death.
(d) Sexual abuse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the writer ask Forche to come in to the group's meeting to see on page 163?

2. Who was Forche's childhood neighbor who came back from Vietnam a changed person?

3. Which song do Forche and Leonel listen to in the car when he comes to pick her up after her first few nights in El Salvador?

4. Which airport does Forche fly into on her first trip to El Salvador?

5. Why does Leonel decide Carolyn should stay with Margarita?

(see the answer key)

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