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

2. What happens to the movement after Minerva is released from prison?

3. What does Patria lose when family members are arrested?

4. What does Dede have to become when her sisters are killed?

5. How did Dede feel about the rebellion?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Margarita help the family?

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

3. Who is Margarita?

4. How does this book end?

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

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

7. Why is Nelson released from prison?

8. Why doesn’t Dede join the rebellion?

9. Why is Leandro moved to a different prison?

10. How does Manolo die?

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

Dede has an interesting role in this book. What is this role, and how does she accomplish it?

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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