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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 are inspectors for the prison sent from?
(a) Mexico
(b) The United States of America
(c) Puerto Rico
(d) Cuba

2. How did Dede get through her marital struggles?
(a) She left the rebellion alone
(b) She cared for him while he was sick
(c) She worked them out
(d) She had an affair

3. Where does the family members not arrested stay while others are in prison?
(a) Rebel headquarters
(b) Dede’s house
(c) Mercedes’s house
(d) The farm

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after Manolo surrenders?

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

3. What month does Minerva travel to visit her husband?

4. Who does Mary Teresa tell about her torture?

5. What is Margarita’s last name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Nelson released from prison?

2. What causes Patria to lose her farm?

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

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

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

6. How do the Mirabal sisters die?

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

8. How does Margarita help the family?

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

10. How does Manolo die?

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