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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 does Minerva fear as she heads to visit her husband?
(a) Her husband will be dead
(b) A bomb
(c) All of these
(d) An ambush

2. What is Victor’s job?
(a) To keep tabs on the family
(b) To find girls for Trujillo
(c) To threaten people for Trujillo
(d) To spy on the rebellion

3. Why did Dede never join the rebellion?
(a) Her husband got sick
(b) Her husband would not let her
(c) She was scared
(d) She was busy

4. What does Mary Teresa experiment with in prison?
(a) All of these
(b) Alcohol
(c) Drugs
(d) Homosexuality

5. How did Dede get through her marital struggles?
(a) She cared for him while he was sick
(b) She had an affair
(c) She worked them out
(d) She left the rebellion alone

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Minerva when what she hoped for after being released from prison doesn’t happen?

2. Where does Trujillo talk about his biggest obstacles?

3. What is Margarita’s last name?

4. What does Minerva say brings the best out in her?

5. How is Margarita related to Patria?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Margarita?

2. How does Margarita help the family?

3. What does Lio say when he talks to Dede after the murders?

4. How does Mary Teresa report her struggles in prison?

5. Why is Leandro moved to a different prison?

6. How does this book end?

7. What causes Patria to lose her farm?

8. What gives Minerva hope after she is released from prison?

9. How do the Mirabal sisters die?

10. Who is Rufino and why is he important to the plot?

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