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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What helps Patria regain her faith?
(a) She gets a letter from her father
(b) She has a dream
(c) She hears the Virgin speak to her
(d) She gets pregnant again

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

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

4. How does Pedro help Patria decide something?
(a) He tells her of other women like her
(b) She falls in love with him
(c) She learns about Trujillo from him
(d) He shows her some rebel writings

5. How does Dede feel about Lio when she first meets him?
(a) She doesn’t trust him
(b) She has a crush on him
(c) She thinks he is rude
(d) She is embarrassed by him

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of school does Minerva go to as a child?

2. What is shocking about the man who gets Lina pregnant?

3. Which of the sisters writes a lot about childhood?

4. How many people are in Minerva’s play?

5. Who hosts the grand party that Minerva attends after discovering letters have been hid from her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Lio?

2. What does Lio ask of Dede before he goes into hiding?

3. How is Patria’s faith restored?

4. How does Enrique feel about his children?

5. What happens on June 14th?

6. How does Mary Teresa narrate differently than her sisters?

7. What takes away Patria’s faith?

8. How does Mercedes feel about her husband’s affairs?

9. Why does Mary Teresa bury her diary?

10. How did Dede feel about Lio when they met?

(see the answer keys)

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