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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 Trujillo’s first name?

2. Who did Minerva marry?

3. Who does Minerva dance with at the party she attends after learning her letters have been hidden?

4. What dramatic thing does Minerva do while dancing with someone?

5. What is mentioned with the silk?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Dede feel about Lio when they met?

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

4. What happened during Minerva’s play?

5. How does Trujillo respond to what happens at the dance party?

6. Why is Enrique arrested?

7. How is Enrique freed after he is arrested?

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

9. Who does Dede marry?

10. What is the political climate in the Dominican Republic at the time of this book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Minerva changed when she began listening to Lio. What were some of these changes, and what do you think caused them?

Essay Topic 3

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

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