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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. How does Minerva feel after being released from prison?

2. How is Margarita related to Patria?

3. How does Margarita help the family?

4. Who is Rufino?

5. Who does Trujillo allow to be released?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Patria to lose her farm?

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

3. Why is Leandro moved to a different prison?

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

5. How does Minerva respond to the failure of what she puts her hope in after being released from prison?

6. Why is Nelson released from prison?

7. How does this book end?

8. What does Lio say when he talks to Dede after the murders?

9. How does Manolo die?

10. How does Margarita help the family?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

This play is a historical fiction novel. What does this mean, and how does this plot fit into this unique genre?

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