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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 does Minerva say brings the best out in her?

2. Who does Margarita know at the prison?

3. How does Patria travel to visit her husband?

4. What do Dede and Lio discuss when they see each other after her sisters’ murder?

5. What was done to Minerva’s body after she was killed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Manolo die?

3. Why doesn’t Dede join the rebellion?

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

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

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

7. Why is Nelson released from prison?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Patria loses her faith at one point. How did this happen and what came of it?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

The title of this book is very symbolic to the plot. What does it mean, and how does it affect the plot?

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