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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Forche perceive the behavior of Leonel's young daughters?
(a) They are disrespectful.
(b) They are spoiled.
(c) They are restless.
(d) They are very well-behaved and quiet.

4. Why does Leonel tell Forche not to ask him who people are that he introduces her to?
(a) They all have fake names anyway.
(b) They would not want him to tell her.
(c) They are afraid of Americans.
(d) They are all bound to the military.

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

6. What happened to the olive-oil bottle Forche's friend Maya sent her?
(a) Maya never ended up sending it.
(b) It got stolen.
(c) It was broken.
(d) It got lost in the mail.

7. Who did Forche stay with in New Mexico in her early twenties?
(a) The Goodyears.
(b) The Goodmornings.
(c) The Steadfasts.
(d) The Nightingales.

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

9. What food does Leonel especially prefer?
(a) Grilled shrimp.
(b) Rice.
(c) Funnel cakes.
(d) Lamb.

10. What awful sight does Forche see a patient suffering during her visit to the hospital in El Salvador?
(a) Septicemia.
(b) Pain during childbirth.
(c) Flesh-eating bacteria.
(d) Maggots in a wound.

11. Which general does Leonel take Forche to see during the early days of her first visit to El Salvador?
(a) Chacon.
(b) Pele.
(c) Romero.
(d) Medrano.

12. What is Forche's nickname from her time in New Mexico?
(a) Papu.
(b) Bonita.
(c) Darling.
(d) Chocon.

13. Where is Forche living when Leonel first comes to her door?
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) Canada.
(c) California.
(d) Texas.

14. How does Leonel say poets are perceived in El Salvador?
(a) They all live to old ages.
(b) They are taken very seriously and often appointed to high-level jobs.
(c) They are confined to academia.
(d) They are expected to write flattering material about the government.

15. What does Forche tell Leonel about the way poets are perceived in the United States?
(a) They are feared.
(b) They are revered.
(c) They are not taken seriously, and they are seen as crazy or as romantics.
(d) They are often given highly-paid jobs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another name for the death squads?

2. What did Forche's friends say when she was considering her first trip to El Salvador?

3. What does Margarita call Forche?

4. Who works in the hospital alongside the regular doctor when Forche visits?

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

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