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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it hard for Patria to visit her husband?
(a) He has been re-located
(b) She is pregnant
(c) She is searched and assaulted every time
(d) He has been very sick

2. How does Minerva feel after being released from prison?
(a) Like a bomb ready to explode
(b) Like a new woman
(c) Like a shell of her old self
(d) Like a fool for her beliefs

3. How does Patria travel to visit her husband?
(a) She drives
(b) She does not visit him
(c) She takes a bus
(d) She walks

4. How did Patria die?
(a) She was shot
(b) She was stabbed
(c) She was beaten to death
(d) She was poisoned

5. How does Margarita help the family?
(a) She gets packages sent to the prison
(b) She comforts them
(c) She brings them food
(d) She distracts Victor

6. What does Trujillo say is his biggest obstacle?
(a) The Mirabal sisters
(b) The soldiers
(c) The United States
(d) The church

7. Who does Mary Teresa tell about her torture?
(a) An inspector
(b) Her husband
(c) Her mother
(d) A guard

8. What do Dede and Lio discuss when they see each other after her sisters’ murder?
(a) Politics
(b) War
(c) Love
(d) Religion

9. Which of the following is NOT arrested?
(a) Pedrito
(b) Mary Teresa
(c) Nelson
(d) Patria

10. What happens to Minerva when what she hoped for after being released from prison doesn’t happen?
(a) Her love for her husband diminishes
(b) Her devotion switches sides
(c) Her family turns against her
(d) Her spirit is crushed

11. Where does Trujillo talk about his biggest obstacles?
(a) A public meeting
(b) The prison
(c) His council
(d) A dinner party

12. Who is forced to watch Mary Teresa be tortured?
(a) Minerva
(b) Nelson
(c) All of the above
(d) Leandro

13. What does Dede have to become when her sisters are killed?
(a) A mother
(b) A rebel
(c) A political advocate
(d) The family spokesperson

14. Where does the family members not arrested stay while others are in prison?
(a) The farm
(b) Dede’s house
(c) Mercedes’s house
(d) Rebel headquarters

15. How is Mary Teresa tortured?
(a) She is whipped
(b) All of the above
(c) She is electrocuted
(d) She is starved

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is someone forced to watch Mary Teresa be tortured?

2. Why is it hard for Minerva to visit her husband?

3. What is Margarita’s last name?

4. How did Dede feel about the rebellion?

5. What is Victor’s job?

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