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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 295 - 384).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who visits Fina's village under cloak of darkness while Forche is there?
(a) A spy with the CIA.
(b) A young Catholic priest.
(c) Oscar Romero.
(d) An American soldier.

2. What kind of vehicle do Forche and Leonel take on her first trip to the campo?
(a) An open jeep.
(b) A pickup truck.
(c) The Hiace van.
(d) A sports car.

3. Which of the following skills did Leonel possess?
(a) He was a champion marksman.
(b) He was a world-class volleyball player.
(c) He was a world-class singer.
(d) He was an Olympic-level swimmer.

4. When did Leonel first become interested in activism?
(a) When his wife convinced him he was a better man than to be staying on the sidelines doing nothing.
(b) When he saw someone murdered for the first time.
(c) When he witnessed a foreman beating a campesino as a young boy.
(d) When his father repeatedly beat him.

5. What music does Mattison play every morning Forche stays at his apartment?
(a) A Nicaraguan revolutionary song.
(b) Irish traditional music.
(c) Simon and Garfunkel.
(d) Bruce Springsteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the wars in Argentina and Chile referred to as?

2. How does Leonel say poets are perceived in El Salvador?

3. What does Forche remember thinking when she and Leonel come upon the dismembered body in El Salvador on page 4?

4. What does Luisa tell Forche when Forche asks when she will see her lover again on page 308?

5. Why does Leonel want to take Forche to Chichi?

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