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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 62).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Leonel say poets are perceived in El Salvador?
(a) They are taken very seriously and often appointed to high-level jobs.
(b) They all live to old ages.
(c) They are expected to write flattering material about the government.
(d) They are confined to academia.

2. What food does Leonel especially prefer?
(a) Rice.
(b) Grilled shrimp.
(c) Lamb.
(d) Funnel cakes.

3. Which grandmother of Forche's led a nomadic and unsettled life?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Anna.
(c) Carolina.
(d) Roberta.

4. What does Forche remember thinking when she and Leonel come upon the dismembered body in El Salvador on page 4?
(a) Will Forche and Leonel be the next to die?
(b) How was the man killed?
(c) Did the man have a family?
(d) Why do the men she is with not do something about the body?

5. What does Leonel smoke?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) A pipe.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Juul.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who meets Forche at the airport on her first trip to El Salvador?

2. What did Forche's friends say when she was considering her first trip to El Salvador?

3. What is Forche's nickname from her time in New Mexico?

4. Where had Forche's friend Maya convinced her to travel with her when Forche was 27?

5. What did Forche's father make her do when she told him she wanted to be a poet?

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