View a FREE sample

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) Her husband gets involved
(b) She watches a boy killed
(c) Her sister is assaulted by Trujillo
(d) She attends some meetings

2. What does Mariposa mean in Spanish?
(a) Love
(b) Freedom
(c) Frog
(d) Butterfly

3. What does Pedro help Patria decide?
(a) To finish her education
(b) To not be a nun
(c) To join the revolution
(d) To leave her family

4. Who did Dede marry?
(a) Paulo
(b) Jaimito
(c) Pedro
(d) Lio

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

6. What is Pedro’s nick name?
(a) Pedrito
(b) Pepe
(c) Peter
(d) Piper

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

8. How did Dede feel about Lio’s political ideas?
(a) They inspired her
(b) They scared her
(c) They confused her
(d) They disgusted her

9. What does Patria look for while trying to decide what to be while in school?
(a) A sign
(b) An opportunity
(c) A man
(d) A form of inspiration

10. Who specifically tries to keep Minerva from having a good career?
(a) Dede
(b) Trujillo
(c) Her husband
(d) Her father

11. Why does someone try to keep Minerva from having a good career?
(a) She is a woman
(b) She insulted him once
(c) To protect her
(d) Out of jealousy

12. Who has been regularly sending Minerva letters?
(a) Raul
(b) Trujillo
(c) Vance
(d) Lio

13. Who visits with Minerva’s family for a time?
(a) Mary Teresa
(b) Magdalena
(c) Hilda
(d) Dede

14. What does Patria think about becoming while in school?
(a) A rebel
(b) A writer
(c) A nun
(d) A teacher

15. How did Minerva feel about Lio’s political ideas?
(a) They inspired her
(b) They disgusted her
(c) They scared her
(d) They confused her

Short Answer Questions

1. What season does someone come to stay with Minerva’s family?

2. Where is this book set?

3. What kind of school does Minerva go to?

4. Who gets the person Trujillo arrests after the party free from prison?

5. Where is Patria when she regains her faith?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 374 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample