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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pedro’s occupation?

2. What was the name of Dede’s father?

3. Where is the person who Dede talks to about her family from?

4. Who narrates the second chapter?

5. Where is Lina sent when she gets pregnant?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mercedes feel about her husband’s affairs?

2. Why does Minerva get involved in a play?

3. How does Dede’s life compare to the prediction of her future?

4. How is Patria’s faith restored?

5. Who is Hilda?

6. How does Patria make the hardest choice of her youth?

7. What is Patria’s hardest decision as a young lady?

8. How does Enrique feel about his children?

9. Why is Enrique arrested?

10. What significance does the word ‘Mariposa’ have on this book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Patria changes a great deal in this book. What are some of these changes and how do they come about?

Essay Topic 2

Dede’s relationship with her husband is different from the other relationships in the book. How is it different and what is the effect of this?

Essay Topic 3

Trujillo’s opinion of Minerva changes a great deal throughout the book. How does it change, and why?

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