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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 finally told Forche she should travel to El Salvador for the first time?
(a) Her husband.
(b) An old friend from Michigan.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

2. What does the high-ranking official in the colonia tell Forche about her work on page 180?
(a) That she needs to write as much as she can about what she sees in El Salvador.
(b) She is very young to be doing what she is doing.
(c) That she needs to go back to the U.S.A. and take up her professorship again.
(d) That she needs to stop immediately.

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

4. What is one effect of Forche's serious illness that she has to go to the hospital for in El Salvador?
(a) She vomits.
(b) She hallucinates.
(c) She bleeds profusely.
(d) She experiences wracking coughs.

5. Who is one of the labor leaders Forche gets to know in El Salvador?
(a) Viera.
(b) Allman.
(c) Roberto.
(d) Montegro.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following refers to a wealthier household or neighborhood in El Salvador?

3. What did the campesinos do with the materials the U.S. sent for portable toilets?

4. How does Forche write much of her work in El Salvador?

5. Who was Mattison's colleague whose death Mattison still grieves?

(see the answer key)

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