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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 month does Minerva travel to visit her husband?
(a) December
(b) October
(c) September
(d) November

2. What is Victor’s last name?
(a) Puna
(b) Pena
(c) Pana
(d) Pina

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

4. What was done to Minerva’s body after she was killed?
(a) It was burnt
(b) It was ripped apart
(c) It was raped
(d) It was thrown off a cliff

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Dede have some serious marital problems?

3. How did Dede feel about the rebellion?

4. What happens after Manolo surrenders?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Mirabal sisters die?

2. Why is Nelson released from prison?

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

4. How does Margarita help the family?

5. Why doesn’t Dede join the rebellion?

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

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

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

9. What task is put on Dede when her sisters die?

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

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