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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. Where is Puerto Plata?
(a) In the mountains
(b) In the jungle
(c) Along the shore
(d) Near the border

2. What title does Victor have?
(a) Captain
(b) Commandant
(c) Commander
(d) Colonel

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

4. Why does Minerva travel with Patria when she visits her husband?
(a) They are in the same place
(b) She loves her sister
(c) She is scared to go alone
(d) All of these listed

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What punishment is given Minerva after she is released from prison?

3. Where are inspectors for the prison sent from?

4. How many women are in the cell with Minerva?

5. What trait does Minerva feel she lost in prison?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Minerva respond to the failure of what she puts her hope in after being released from prison?

3. Why is Leandro moved to a different prison?

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

5. Who tells the most about the experience in prison, and how is it described?

6. How does Manolo die?

7. Why doesn’t Dede join the rebellion?

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

9. Who is Victor, and how is he important to the plot?

10. How do the Mirabal sisters die?

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