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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. When did Dede have some serious marital problems?
(a) 1950
(b) 1965
(c) 1955
(d) 1960

2. Where does Trujillo talk about his biggest obstacles?
(a) His council
(b) The prison
(c) A public meeting
(d) A dinner party

3. How many women are in the cell with Minerva?
(a) 33
(b) 13
(c) 43
(d) 23

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Margarita help the family?

2. Who does Margarita know at the prison?

3. What happens after Manolo surrenders?

4. What happens when Minerva tries to call her house after visiting her husband?

5. What is Margarita’s last name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Nelson released from prison?

2. How do the Mirabal sisters die?

3. How does this book end?

4. How does Margarita help the family?

5. Who is Margarita?

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

7. What causes Patria to lose her farm?

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

9. Why is Leandro moved to a different prison?

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

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