In the Time of the Butterflies

Who was Minerva sneaking out of Immaculada Concepcion to see?

• Hilda

• Sinita

• Don Horacio

• Lina

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How did Ramfis assert his dominance during the La Vega performance?

• He killed Sinita

• He spat on Sinita

• He had Sinita expelled from Immaculada.

• He made Sinita use her teeth to untie Minerva.

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What does Minerva ask of Trujillo at the Discovery Day Dance?

• She asks him to allow the exiles to return to the Dominican Republic.

• She asks Trujillo to keep the university open.

• She asks for Trujillo's support to study law at the university.

• She asks for Trujillo to grant women the right to vote.

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President Trujillo was also known as...

• El Jefe
• El gran presidente
• Trujillo the Great
• Capitán

Who is being described: "A young man was staring down at me, his face alluring in the same animal way as his feet. The cheeks were swarthy with a permanent shadow, this thick brows joined in the center. Underneath his thin guayabera, I could see the muscles of his broad shoulders shifting as he reached down and gave me a wad of bills to put in the poor box as his donation. Later, he would say that I gave him a beatific smile. Why not? I had seen the next best thing to Jesus, my earthly groom."

• Jaimito

• Lio

• Pedrito

• Berto

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Who said the following quotation: "That moment, I understood her hatred. My family had not been personally hurt by Trujillo, just as before losing my baby, Jesus had not taken anything away from me. But others had been suffering great losses."

• Minerva

• Mate

• Patria

• Dedé

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Why was Dede upset with Fela?

• She had set up an altar with the girls' pictures and was claiming to speak with them.

• She refused to allow Dede to establish the house as a museum to the girls.

• She criticized the way Dede was raising her nieces and nephews.

• She was charging people money to perform miracles.

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Why was Lio banned from the Mirabal home?

• He had attempted to propose to Minerva without asking Papa's permission.

• He and Jaimito were in conflict for Dede's affection, and Papa and Mama favored Jaimito.

• Mama learned that Lio was a member of the Communist party and was leading anti-Trujillo demonstrations at the university.

• Lio had attempted to assassinate Trujillo and was a wanted man.

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Why was Mama reluctant to allow the family to attend the Discovery Day Dance?

• She felt strongly that Maria Teresa was too young to go to a party so far from home in the company of older men.

• She felt that it was wasteful for the entire family to go to a party three hours away from home.

• She was concerned about Minerva's health because she suffered from asthma and migraines..

• She worried that Trujillo was romantically interested in Minverva.

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What discovery(ies) did Minerva make that fundamentally altered (an) important family relationship(s)?

• She discovered that Dede had burned Lio's invitation to run away with him.

• She learned that Papa had been hiding Lio's letters to her.

• She learned that Mama was illiterate.

• She learned that Papa had a second family.

• She learned that Dede had agreed to marry Jaimito.

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