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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mary Teresa have to do when Hilda is caught?
(a) Call her father
(b) Bury her diary
(c) Hide Minerva
(d) Testify against her

2. Who does Lio ask for help with delivering something to Minerva when he flees the country?
(a) Dede
(b) Patria
(c) Mercedes
(d) Mary Teresa

3. What does Minerva leave behind at a party she leaves early?
(a) Her card
(b) Her purse
(c) Her scarf
(d) Her hat

4. Why is it ironic for Patria to lose her faith?
(a) She almost became a nun
(b) She is married to a priest
(c) She is in the choir
(d) She never doubts

5. Which of these is NOT in Minerva’s play?
(a) Sinita
(b) Elsa
(c) Dede
(d) Lourdes

Short Answer Questions

1. When does this book begin?

2. How is Sinita described at the school?

3. What does Minerva win with her play?

4. Where is the party held that Minerva attends after discovering letters have been hid from her?

5. Why does Minerva perform a play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lio ask of Dede before he goes into hiding?

2. How does Mary Teresa narrate differently than her sisters?

3. How does Minerva respond when she learns about her illegitimate sisters?

4. How is Enrique freed after he is arrested?

5. Who does Dede marry?

6. Why is it ironic for Patria to lose her faith?

7. Who is Hilda?

8. How does Enrique feel about his children?

9. What significance does the word ‘Mariposa’ have on this book?

10. How does Patria make the hardest choice of her youth?

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