View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Margarita behave towards Forche at first?
(a) With anger.
(b) With suspicion.
(c) With indifference.
(d) With great kindness.

2. Which of the following refers to a wealthier household or neighborhood in El Salvador?
(a) Villagio.
(b) Colonia.
(c) Fiore.
(d) Campesina.

3. What does Leonel say when Forche asks him why he is obsessed with the disappearance of one American?
(a) Because of how it might implicate Colonel Chacon.
(b) Because this American was wealthy.
(c) Because this American might have been a weapons expert.
(d) Because of how it might implicate Colonel Romero.

4. What did Forche's father make her do when she told him she wanted to be a poet?
(a) Get a degree in chemistry instead.
(b) Take engineering classes.
(c) Go to beauty school.
(d) Learn to type.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the person who meets Forche at the airport on her first trip to El Salvador tell her about Leonel?

2. Who meets Forche at the airport on her first trip to El Salvador?

3. Which song do Forche and Leonel listen to in the car when he comes to pick her up after her first few nights in El Salvador?

4. What does Leonel tell Forche about the living conditions of most Salvadorans after their visit to the campo?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the first scene Forche describes in El Salvador, on pages 3 - 4, set the tone for the rest of the book?

2. What does Forche think Margarita Herrera's first impression of her is?

3. What was Forche's experience observing and helping in Dr. Vicky's hospital?

4. What does Forche remember most about her grandmother Anna?

5. What nickname does Leonel often refer to Forche by and where did it originate?

6. What did Forche first think the death squads were, and why did she think that?

7. What does Forche realize Leonel enjoys immensely during the time he stays with her in California?

8. Why does Leonel tell Forche he can not work with people who drink?

9. What does Forche think about Leonel's daughters during the time they all stay with her in California?

10. Why does Forche give up on the idea of a medical career as a young woman?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 785 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample