What You Have Heard Is True Test | Final Test - Hard

Carolyn Forché
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 145 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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What You Have Heard Is True Test | Final Test - Hard

Carolyn Forché
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the American ambassador to El Salvador tell Forche when she asks him about Ronald Richardson?

2. Which of the following friends does Forche experience great danger with in El Salvador?

3. Who does Leonel tell Forche are some of the prisoners at Ahuachapan?

4. What helps Margarita and Forche get away when they are chased by car on page 279?

5. What does Leonel tell Forche about her purse when they visit the colonia on page 177?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Forche think about Leonel's apparent obsession with Donald Richardson?

2. Why does Margarita suggest that Forche borrow a dress and good shoes from her?

3. What changes Forche's feelings about meeting with the Salvadoran writers immediately after her horrific visit to Ahuachapan?

4. What does Forche buy in large amounts in the discount store Gemco to take back to El Salvador with her?

5. What does Forche's experiences with Vietnam mostly consist of?

6. What happens to Forche that lands her in a Salvadoran hospital and produces hallucinations?

7. How do Forche's friends in America react to her deepening interest in and commitment to El Salvador?

8. What does seeing Leonel with a mysterious woman seem to make Forche realize about her feelings for him?

9. What does Leonel tell Forche the Salvadorans did with the portable toilets the Americans tried to set up for them?

10. Why is Forche embarrassed when the women in the village she stays in all wash together from a spigot?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Forche's experiences in Mallorca inform her experiences in El Salvador, and her initial decision to travel to El Salvador? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing how the stage of life and career Forche was in when Leonel first appeared on her doorstep in California contributed to her willingness and ability to travel to El Salvador for extended stays and to begin to bear witness to the turmoil and violence that wracked the country throughout the late 1970s, 80s, and 90s.

Essay Topic 3

How do Forche's experiences with Dr. Vicky Guzman at her clinic change and expand her view of what life is like in El Salvador? Write an essay explaining your answer.

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