View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who does Mary Teresa tell about her torture?
(a) Her husband
(b) Her mother
(c) A guard
(d) An inspector

4. What does Dede say the Dominican Republic has become?
(a) The playground of the Caribbean
(b) The killing fields
(c) A joke and a prison
(d) The jewel of the ocean

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it hard for Minerva to visit her husband?

2. How did Dede get through her marital struggles?

3. What does Minerva fear as she heads to visit her husband?

4. What does Mary Teresa experiment with in prison?

5. Why is someone forced to watch Mary Teresa be tortured?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Mirabal sisters die?

2. Why doesn’t Dede join the rebellion?

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

4. How does Margarita help the family?

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

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

7. How does Manolo die?

8. Why is Nelson released from prison?

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

10. What causes Patria to lose her farm?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 621 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample