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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Leonel ask Forche to fly to meet him once she has returned to the U.S. on page 231?
(a) Colombia.
(b) Texas.
(c) California.
(d) Michigan.

2. What did Forche talk to the American ambassador to El Salvador about that was of no consequence but was just small talk?
(a) She asked him about his cat.
(b) They talked about Michigan, where they both grew up.
(c) They talked about cars.
(d) She asked him about his aquarium.

3. What helps Margarita and Forche get away when they are chased by car on page 279?
(a) Margarita's husband.
(b) Leonel.
(c) Harry Mattison.
(d) Other drivers who see what is happening to them.

4. What does the American ambassador to El Salvador tell Forche when she asks him about Ronald Richardson?
(a) He says he has already solved the case.
(b) He says he considers Richardson's disappearance unsolvable.
(c) He says he is working very hard to figure out the case.
(d) He says he has put his best investigator on the case.

5. Why does Leon tell Forche he never enters churches?
(a) He is not a religious man.
(b) He hates holy water.
(c) He is barred from churches.
(d) He hates priests.

6. What does Forche borrow from Margarita that comes in handy later?
(a) A dress, shoes, and lipstick.
(b) Feminine hygiene products.
(c) A kite.
(d) Money.

7. What does Leonel tell Forche the health programs officer at the U.S. embassy primarily does?
(a) Eat chocolate.
(b) Move papers from one side of her desk to the other.
(c) Deliver babies.
(d) Cover up crimes.

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

9. What does Leonel ask Greg, the American engineer in Guatemala, to do for them?
(a) Design a new weapon for them.
(b) Design and make a collapsible, transportable bridge.
(c) To make a heating device for them so they can camp more comfortably.
(d) To make a water purifier for them.

10. What is one of the things Leonel tells Forche Chacon does with his victims' bodies?
(a) Keeps their ears.
(b) Feeds them to his dogs.
(c) Ships them out of the country.
(d) Sells their organs.

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

12. Why does Leonel's friend inside the prison advise Forche to take the drink he offers?
(a) Because it is polite to accept the drink.
(b) So she can put it under her nose to counteract the stench from the prison.
(c) So her blood sugar will not get too low.
(d) Because it is so hot inside the prison she will get thirsty.

13. What does Leonel tell her about driving to the poorer neighborhoods during the rainy season?
(a) It is impossible to drive, so he has to walk.
(b) He needs to use his better car with bigger tires.
(c) He contracts a better driver to take him places.
(d) He only flies in planes during the rainy season instead of driving.

14. What does Forche criticize Leonel for regarding the way he runs his farm?
(a) She says he should charge more for his coffee.
(b) She says he should provide his workers with better health care.
(c) She says he should just give the land to the laborers.
(d) She says he should not be so easy on his workers.

15. Where did Forche and Leonel go as soon as they returned to El Salvador from Guatemala?
(a) The theater.
(b) The coffee farm.
(c) The convent of the Sisters of Divine Providence.
(d) The sugar cane fields.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Forche know the song Madre was about?

2. Who chases Margarita and Forche one night by car?

3. Which of the following did poet Pablo Neruda write about El Salvador?

4. What does the high-ranking official in the colonia tell Forche about her work on page 180?

5. Which of the following books did Leonel stay up late reading during his visit to Forche in the U.S.?

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