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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Puerto Plata?
(a) A military base
(b) A prison
(c) A church
(d) A school

2. Who raises the children of the murdered sisters?
(a) Dede
(b) Margarita
(c) Mercedes
(d) Pedrito

3. Who does Trujillo allow to be released?
(a) Nelson
(b) Pedrito
(c) Patria
(d) Minerva

4. What do Dede and Lio discuss when they see each other after her sisters’ murder?
(a) Politics
(b) Religion
(c) War
(d) Love

5. Why is it hard for Minerva to visit her husband?
(a) She is searched and assaulted every time
(b) She is having an affair
(c) He has been very sick
(d) He has been re-located

6. How does Minerva feel after being released from prison?
(a) Like a shell of her old self
(b) Like a bomb ready to explode
(c) Like a fool for her beliefs
(d) Like a new woman

7. What happens after Manolo surrenders?
(a) He is sent to prison
(b) He takes a job and moves on
(c) He is murdered
(d) He kills himself

8. What trait does Minerva feel she lost in prison?
(a) Femininity
(b) Courage
(c) Respect
(d) Virtue

9. Which of the following is NOT arrested?
(a) Pedrito
(b) Mary Teresa
(c) Nelson
(d) Patria

10. Why did Dede never join the rebellion?
(a) She was busy
(b) Her husband got sick
(c) She was scared
(d) Her husband would not let her

11. Who does Mary Teresa tell about her torture?
(a) Her mother
(b) An inspector
(c) Her husband
(d) A guard

12. Why is someone forced to watch Mary Teresa be tortured?
(a) To get information
(b) To threaten them
(c) To get cooperation from them
(d) To punish them

13. What makes life dangerous for Mercedes while her family is in prison?
(a) She is poor
(b) Her house is under surveillance
(c) Her family name is slandered
(d) Rebels visit her often

14. What month does Minerva travel to visit her husband?
(a) December
(b) October
(c) November
(d) September

15. Where does the family members not arrested stay while others are in prison?
(a) Dede’s house
(b) Mercedes’s house
(c) Rebel headquarters
(d) The farm

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Mary Teresa tortured?

2. Who does Margarita know at the prison?

3. What does Mary Teresa experiment with in prison?

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

5. How does Patria travel to visit her husband?

(see the answer keys)

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