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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where is Puerto Plata?
(a) Along the shore
(b) In the mountains
(c) In the jungle
(d) Near the border
2. How does Minerva feel after being released from prison?
(a) Like a shell of her old self
(b) Like a bomb ready to explode
(c) Like a new woman
(d) Like a fool for her beliefs
3. Why is someone forced to watch Mary Teresa be tortured?
(a) To threaten them
(b) To get cooperation from them
(c) To get information
(d) To punish them
4. What makes life dangerous for Mercedes while her family is in prison?
(a) Her family name is slandered
(b) She is poor
(c) Rebels visit her often
(d) Her house is under surveillance
5. What is Trujillo seeking?
(a) Absolute power
(b) Passion
(c) Self-sufficiency for his people
(d) Peace in his country
6. How did Patria die?
(a) She was shot
(b) She was beaten to death
(c) She was stabbed
(d) She was poisoned
7. What happens when Minerva tries to call her house after visiting her husband?
(a) The conversation is recorded
(b) The phone breaks
(c) The line is busy
(d) The line has a lot of static
8. What title does Victor have?
(a) Commandant
(b) Commander
(c) Captain
(d) Colonel
9. What does Dede say the Dominican Republic has become?
(a) The jewel of the ocean
(b) The playground of the Caribbean
(c) A joke and a prison
(d) The killing fields
10. What does Minerva fear as she heads to visit her husband?
(a) All of these
(b) A bomb
(c) An ambush
(d) Her husband will be dead
11. Who does Margarita know at the prison?
(a) An old lover
(b) A cousin
(c) An uncle
(d) A brother
12. How does Margarita help the family?
(a) She gets packages sent to the prison
(b) She brings them food
(c) She distracts Victor
(d) She comforts them
13. Who writes about Minerva’s death?
(a) Dede
(b) Mercedes
(c) Margarita
(d) Pedrito
14. What is Victor’s last name?
(a) Puna
(b) Pena
(c) Pina
(d) Pana
15. What does Minerva say brings the best out in her?
(a) Adversity
(b) Preparation
(c) Kindness
(d) Injustice
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens to Minerva when what she hoped for after being released from prison doesn’t happen?
2. What does Minerva hang her hopes on after she is released from prison?
3. How did Dede feel about the rebellion?
4. How did Minerva die?
5. Where does Trujillo talk about his biggest obstacles?
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