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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. What illness did Forche experience since childhood?
(a) Asthma.
(b) Crippling allergies.
(c) Depression.
(d) Colitis.

2. How does Leonel refer to Forche's pending visit to El Salvador?
(a) She will be a Red Cross volunteer.
(b) She will be a reverse Peace Corps volunteer.
(c) She will be a doctor's assistant.
(d) She will be a journalist.

3. Which Central American poet did Forche translate work into English for when Forche was in her twenties?
(a) Claribel Alegria.
(b) Oscar Romero.
(c) Pablo Neruda.
(d) Leonel Gomez.

4. Where had Forche's friend Maya convinced her to travel with her when Forche was 27?
(a) Mallorca.
(b) China.
(c) Russia.
(d) France.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is another name for the death squads?

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

4. Who did Forche stay with in New Mexico in her early twenties?

5. Which of the following skills did Leonel possess?

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