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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 213 - 293).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Forche tell Leonel that Bud, Claribel's husband, told her about him?
(a) That Leonel is a priest.
(b) That Leonel works for the CIA.
(c) That Leonel is a con man.
(d) That Leonel is a mercenary.

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

3. What was the visual warning of the Mano Blanca group?
(a) A red X on a building or wall.
(b) A white handprint on a building or wall.
(c) A lock of hair from a prisoner of theirs taped to a door.
(d) A severed finger left on a porch.

4. What does Leonel ask the people farming his land to do in an effort to help them become more self-sufficient?
(a) Form a cooperative.
(b) Make their children work on the farm, too.
(c) Use the black market.
(d) Invest in the stock market.

5. How do the Mayans view time, according to Leonel?
(a) They are afraid of the future.
(b) They do not distinguish between past, present, and future.
(c) The past is the most important thing to them.
(d) They believe the right fortune-teller can change the present-day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Forche borrow from Margarita that comes in handy later?

2. What does the fire in the barrio remind Forche about?

3. Where does Leonel ask Forche to fly to meet him once she has returned to the U.S. on page 231?

4. Who guards the front entrance of the U.S. embassy in El Salvador?

5. What did the doctor at the first hospital Forche visits in El Salvador tell her before Forche goes to see it?

(see the answer key)

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