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

2. What does Minerva hang her hopes on after she is released from prison?
(a) Letters from Lio
(b) Her husband’s release
(c) An invasion
(d) An assassination

3. Who does Margarita know at the prison?
(a) A brother
(b) An old lover
(c) An uncle
(d) A cousin

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mary Teresa tell about her torture?

2. How did Dede feel about the rebellion?

3. How is Mary Teresa tortured?

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

5. What does Mary Teresa experiment with in prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Mary Teresa in prison?

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

3. What happens after Mary Teresa reports her struggles in prison?

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

5. Why is Leandro moved to a different prison?

6. How are the sisters’ children cared for after they die?

7. How does Margarita help the family?

8. How does Manolo die?

9. How does this book end?

10. Why is Nelson released from prison?

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