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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 is Pedro’s occupation?

2. Who has been regularly sending Minerva letters?

3. What does Pedro help Patria decide?

4. What is Lina’s last name?

5. What helps heal Minerva’s marital problems?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Minerva feel about her schooling?

2. What is the political climate in the Dominican Republic at the time of this book?

3. Who is Lio?

4. Who is Hilda?

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

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

7. What is Patria’s hardest decision as a young lady?

8. Why is Enrique arrested?

9. Why are people interested in Dede’s story?

10. How does Trujillo respond to what happens at the dance party?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author places some information about the Dominican Republic throughout this book for us. Why do you think she did that, and how did this affect the pace of the book?

Essay Topic 2

The sisters meet their death at the end of the book. How is this experience different than they had originally anticipated?

Essay Topic 3

Patria loses her faith at one point. How did this happen and what came of it?

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