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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 does Leonel tell Forche about the living conditions of most Salvadorans after their visit to the campo?
(a) Twenty percent of the country live in extreme poverty.
(b) Eighty percent of the country live that way, without a decent bathroom.
(c) Salvadorans could improve their economic status of they would just work harder.
(d) Most Salvadorans could afford to retire, but will not because of the culture and work ethic.

2. What does Leonel say when Forche asks him why he is obsessed with the disappearance of one American?
(a) Because of how it might implicate Colonel Chacon.
(b) Because of how it might implicate Colonel Romero.
(c) Because this American was wealthy.
(d) Because this American might have been a weapons expert.

3. In what year does Forche make her first trip to El Salvador?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1980.

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

5. What kinds of animals did Forche and her roommate keep in Calfornia?
(a) Hamsters.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Ferrets.
(d) Ducks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Leonel refer to Forche's pending visit to El Salvador?

2. Which grandmother of Forche's led a nomadic and unsettled life?

3. What does Leonel use to illustrate his lessons to Forche upon their first meeting?

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

5. What kind of crop does Leonel farm?

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