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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 did Dede see Lio after her sisters’ murder?
(a) A dinner party
(b) A graduation
(c) A political rally
(d) A reception

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

3. What does Trujillo say is his second biggest obstacle?
(a) The United States
(b) The church
(c) The Mirabal sisters
(d) The soldiers

4. Which of the following is NOT arrested?
(a) Pedrito
(b) Nelson
(c) Mary Teresa
(d) Patria

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Minerva hang her hopes on after she is released from prison?

2. What is Puerto Plata?

3. What happens to the movement after Minerva is released from prison?

4. How is Mary Teresa tortured?

5. Where are inspectors for the prison sent from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the Mirabal sisters die?

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

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

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

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

7. Why doesn’t Dede join the rebellion?

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

9. Why is Leandro moved to a different prison?

10. How does this book end?

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