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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. Why does Leonel like to talk to so many different kinds of people from different classes?
(a) Because he thinks the air of mystery it creates around him is advantageous.
(b) Because he is so interested in military people.
(c) Because he is a spy.
(d) Because he likes all different kinds of people.

2. Why does Leonel tell Forche not to pretend she is a nun?
(a) She is not well-versed enough with Catholicism to pretend to be a nun.
(b) There are no nuns in El Salvador.
(c) She does not look like a nun.
(d) She could be found out, and the real nuns who had helped her could get in trouble.

3. Which religious figure was with Forche the only time she actually witnessed an abduction?
(a) Monsenor Smith.
(b) Monsenor Urioste.
(c) Monsenor Romero.
(d) Monsenor Alaki.

4. What does Forche smell in Leonel's house that she thinks is gas?
(a) Pet food.
(b) Chemicals meant to preserve food.
(c) Weapons components.
(d) Cosmoline, an anticorrosive for storing metal.

5. What did Forche's friends say when she was considering her first trip to El Salvador?
(a) They urged her against it.
(b) They thought she should go there on a religious mission.
(c) They said it would be good for her career.
(d) They thought it would be a good way to meet a man.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Forche meet Margarita for the first time?

3. Where is Forche living when Leonel first comes to her door?

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

5. What does the writer ask Forche to come in to the group's meeting to see on page 163?

(see the answer key)

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