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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 295 - 384).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of car does Leonel drive?
(a) A Hiace van.
(b) A Subaru.
(c) A Suburban.
(d) A Ford pickup.

3. What does Margarita call Forche?
(a) Una periodista.
(b) Carolina.
(c) Papu.
(d) The Chosen One.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Forche and Mattison living at the time they take in the former Salvadoran death squad member?

2. Which Turkish poet was Forche reading at the time she first met Leonel?

3. Which Salvadoran military figure does Leonel have a burning hatred for?

4. What did Forche's father make her do when she told him she wanted to be a poet?

5. What does Leonel give to Forche as a peace offering on the way to the campo?

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