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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 did Dede feel about the rebellion?

2. What happens after Mary Teresa tells someone about her torture?

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

4. What is Victor’s last name?

5. Who does Margarita know at the prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does this book end?

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

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

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 doesn’t Dede join the rebellion?

7. Why is Nelson released from prison?

8. How does Margarita help the family?

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

10. What happens to Mary Teresa in prison?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many political ideas are shared in this book. What are these ideas, who believes in them, and how does this affect the tone of the play?

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

Trujillo’s opinion of Minerva changes a great deal throughout the book. How does it change, and why?

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