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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 many women are in the cell with Minerva?

2. What does Dede say the Dominican Republic has become?

3. How is Margarita related to Patria?

4. Why does Minerva travel with Patria when she visits her husband?

5. Why is someone forced to watch Mary Teresa be tortured?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Margarita help the family?

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

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

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

6. Why doesn’t Dede join the rebellion?

7. How does this book end?

8. Who is Margarita?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Enrique feels betrayed by some important parts of his life. Who does he feel has betrayed him and why?

Essay Topic 2

The author places some information about the Dominican Republic throughout this book for us. Why do you think she did that, and how did this affect the pace of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Dede is not able to help her sisters. Why is this, and what does this teach us?

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