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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section I: 1938-1946.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is silk mentioned at the beginning of the book?
(a) Dede has fond memories of it
(b) Dede hates the feel of it
(c) Dede buried her sisters in it
(d) Dede wears it often

2. Where is Patria when she regains her faith?
(a) At the market
(b) Passing a church
(c) In the post office
(d) In her bed

3. Why does Maria Teresa not like Hilda?
(a) She sleeps around
(b) She is a revolutionary
(c) She is poor
(d) She is American

4. When did Dede’s father give a prediction about her future?
(a) 1953
(b) 1963
(c) 1943
(d) 1973

5. Where is the person who Dede talks to about her family from?
(a) Guam
(b) Mexico
(c) America
(d) The Peru

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Dede talk to about her family?

2. What does Sinita tell Minerva that shocks her?

3. Why does Minerva perform a play?

4. Where does Patria live after she gets married?

5. What was Maria Teresa’s favorite pleasure as a child?

(see the answer key)

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