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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. Which Turkish poet was Forche reading at the time she first met Leonel?
(a) Tralap Patward.
(b) Tacep Erdogan.
(c) Nazim Hikmet.
(d) Wislawa Szyborska.

2. Who were most of the people Forche saw walking along the roadside in Guatemala?
(a) Mayans.
(b) Pueblo Indians.
(c) Salvadorans.
(d) Colombians.

3. Why did Salvadorans put rags and garbage on trees sometimes?
(a) To embarrass the tree in front of other trees if it failed to produce fruit.
(b) To help people with directions.
(c) To help the tree grow.
(d) To mark secret dwellings.

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

5. When do the death squads do their work?
(a) Early morning.
(b) Any time of day or night.
(c) At night.
(d) Early afternoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following refers to a wealthier household or neighborhood in El Salvador?

2. Which airport does Forche fly into on her first trip to El Salvador?

3. What were the wars in Argentina and Chile referred to as?

4. What does Leonel ask Greg, the American engineer in Guatemala, to do for them?

5. What does the religious figure with Forche say they all must do for the person whose abduction they witnessed?

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