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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Patria dedicated to the rebel cause?
(a) She attends some meetings
(b) Her sister is assaulted by Trujillo
(c) Her husband gets involved
(d) She watches a boy killed

2. Why does Minerva do something dramatic while dancing with someone?
(a) She feels it is expected of her
(b) She knows it is a public place
(c) She has missed him
(d) She gets tired of lewd behavior

3. Which of the sisters writes a lot about childhood?
(a) Patria
(b) Minerva
(c) Dede
(d) Maria Teresa

4. Who does Minerva marry?What does Minerva name her first child?
(a) Manuel
(b) Manolo
(c) Marcus
(d) Martin

5. How did Sinita’s brother die?
(a) Trujillo had him killed
(b) He was in a car accident
(c) He was robbed and murdered
(d) He fell off his horse

6. Who uses the nickname of Mariposa?
(a) Patria
(b) Dede
(c) Lina
(d) Minerva

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

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

9. Where is this book set?
(a) Ecuador
(b) The Dominican Republic
(c) Panama
(d) Argentina

10. What does Patra name her first daughter?
(a) Nada
(b) Noris
(c) Newman
(d) Nelson

11. Why can’t Dede start a relationship with Lio?
(a) She doesn’t trust him
(b) She knows he is married
(c) She is involved with another man
(d) She knows her sister loves him

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

13. Why does Mary Teresa have to do something when Hilda is caught?
(a) She doesn’t want to be implicated
(b) She is making a point
(c) She is keeping a promise
(d) She doesn’t know yet

14. Who gets the person Trujillo arrests after the party free from prison?
(a) Mercedes
(b) Mary Teresa
(c) Patria
(d) All of the above

15. Who tries to kill Trujillo during Minerva’s play?
(a) Sinita
(b) Dede
(c) Elsa
(d) Patria

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Minerva perform a play?

2. What does Lio ask of Minerva with the item he leaves for her when he flees the country?

3. What is Lio’s real name?

4. How are Dede and Jaimito related?

5. What helps heal Minerva’s marital problems?

(see the answer keys)

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