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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 63 - 138).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first house Forche sees in the campo like?
(a) Sturdy, with concrete floor and walls.
(b) Luxurious, with marble polished floors and all the modern comforts.
(c) It is made entirely of cardboard.
(d) Very basic, with a packed mud floor and walls of twigs and mud bricks.

2. What awful sight does Forche see a patient suffering during her visit to the hospital in El Salvador?
(a) Maggots in a wound.
(b) Septicemia.
(c) Pain during childbirth.
(d) Flesh-eating bacteria.

3. What is Forche's nickname from her time in New Mexico?
(a) Chocon.
(b) Bonita.
(c) Papu.
(d) Darling.

4. Which house did Forche stay in on her first nights in El Salvador?
(a) Leonel's house.
(b) Margarita's house.
(c) Claribel's house.
(d) Blanca's house, which used to belong to a dictator.

5. What did Forche's friends say when she was considering her first trip to El Salvador?
(a) They urged her against it.
(b) They thought she should go there on a religious mission.
(c) They thought it would be a good way to meet a man.
(d) They said it would be good for her career.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who does Leonel ask Forche to write to to help vouch for him?

3. Which American's disappearance is Leonel obsessed with?

4. Who is the doctor at the first hospital Leonel takes Forche to visit in El Salvador?

5. What happened to the olive-oil bottle Forche's friend Maya sent her?

(see the answer key)

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