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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Trujillo arrest after the party?
(a) Pedrito
(b) Vance
(c) Enrique
(d) Lio

2. Who is Jaimito?
(a) The man courting Dede
(b) The landlord
(c) A guard to Trujillo
(d) A teacher of the sisters

3. What does Patria name her first son?
(a) Nada
(b) Nelson
(c) Newman
(d) Noris

4. What makes Dede scared to get close to Lio?
(a) He is a strange man
(b) He is a revolutionary
(c) He is involved in politics
(d) He is married

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

6. Who did Minerva marry?
(a) Paulo
(b) Lio
(c) Pedro
(d) Jaimito

7. What happens to the item left by Lio for Minerva when he flees the country?
(a) It is burnt
(b) It is buried
(c) It is lost
(d) It is delivered

8. Why does Mary Teresa join the rebellion?
(a) She sees someone killed by Trujillo
(b) She falls in love with a rebel
(c) She is assaulted by Trujillo
(d) She is bored

9. Who narrates this book?
(a) The Mirabel sisters
(b) Soldiers
(c) Trujillo’s men
(d) Reporters

10. How does Minerva take the attention off the near assassination during her play?
(a) She closes the curtain
(b) She begins to sing
(c) She starts a chant
(d) She dances

11. Who inspires Patria most while she is in school?
(a) Her family
(b) Her teacher
(c) Trujillo
(d) Books

12. How does Minerva feel after graduating?
(a) Bored
(b) Rich
(c) Creative
(d) Guilty

13. What was Maria Teresa’s favorite pleasure as a child?
(a) Days on the beach
(b) Clothing
(c) Candy
(d) Cinnamon rolls

14. What does Sinita tell Minerva that shocks her?
(a) She is a rebel
(b) She isn’t attracted to men
(c) She is pregnant
(d) She hates Trujillo

15. When does this book begin?
(a) 1958
(b) 1948
(c) 1938
(d) 1928

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does someone try to keep Minerva from having a good career?

2. What kind of retreat does Patria go on?

3. What kind of school does Minerva go to?

4. What is mentioned with the silk?

5. How did Minerva feel about Lio’s political ideas?

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