In the Time of Butterflies

The excerpt is written mainly in ______ tense, from a(n) ____________ point of view.

• past, first-person

• present, first-person

• past, third-person

• present, thrid-person

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which of the following inferences is best supported by the following passage (paragraphs 2-3)?

They’re all there, Mamá, Papá, Patria-Minerva-Dedé. Bang-bang-bang, their father likes to joke, aiming a finger pistol at each one, as if he were shooting them, not boasting about having sired them. Three girls, each born within a year of the other! And then, nine years later, María Teresa, his final desperate attempt at a boy misfiring.

Their father has his slippers on, one foot hooked behind the other. Every once in a while Dedé hears the clink of the rum bottle against the rim of his glass.

• Papá doesn’t have a very good sense of humor.

• Mamá and Papá are unhappy together.

• Papá didn’t want to have daughters only.

• Papá didn’t start drinking alcohol until his children were born.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The following paragraphs indicate mainly that Papá is .

Many a night, and this night is no different, a shy voice calls out of the darkness, begging their pardon. Could they spare a calmante for a sick child out of their stock of kindness? Would they have some tobacco for a tired old man who spent the day grating yucca?

Their father gets up, swaying a little with drink and tiredness, and opens up the store. The campesino goes off with his medicine, a couple of cigars, a few mints for the godchildren. Dedé tells her father that she doesn’t know how they do as well as they do, the way he gives everything away. But her father just puts his arm around her, and says, "Ay, Dedé, that’s why I have you. Every soft foot needs a hard shoe.”

• a generous man

• worried about money

• still quite healthy

• tired of Dedé’s complaints

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is most likely the author’s intent in including the following description (paragraph 23)?

"You and Trujillo," Papá says a little loudly, and in this clear peaceful night they all fall silent. Suddenly, the dark fills with spies who are paid to hear things and report them down at Security. Don Enrique claims Trujillo needs help in running this country. Don Enrique’s daughter says it’s about time women took over the government. Words repeated, distorted, words recreated by those who might bear them a grudge, words stitched to words until they are the winding sheet the family will be buried in when their bodies are found dumped in a ditch, their tongues cut off for speaking too much.

• To suggest that Dominican families must be careful what they say

• To imply to the reader that Papá and his family are spies

• To make the case that Rafael Trujillo is a bad leader

• To make the reader wonder if there will be a revolution someday

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Which of the following inferences about Mamá is best supported by the excerpt?

• She believes that women should have more representation in government.

• She is a devout Christian.

• She wants to leave the Dominican Republic as soon as possible.

• She wishes she’d had another child.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which quote of Mamá’s most strongly supports the answer to Question 5?

• “Good for the nerves, Mamá always says.”

• “Mama sighs, but playfulness has come back into her voice. ‘Just what we need, skirts in the law!’”

• "‘You know, Enrique, that I don't believe in fortunes,’ Mama says evenly. ‘Padre Ignacio says fortunes are for those without faith.’”

• "‘Some of us know it all,’ Mamá says curtly.”

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is mainly the significance of this evening from 1943 in Dedé’s memory?

• It is the only time she ever sees her father cry.

• It is the first time she begins to think about the future.

• It is the moment she realizes that she wants to become a lawyer.

• It is the beginning of her lifelong interest in politics.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which passage from the text most strongly supports the answer to Question 7?

• “A chill goes through her, for she feels it in her bones, the future is now beginning.”

• “Now, as if drops of rain had started falling—though the night is as clear as the sound of a bell—they hurry in, gathering their shawls and drinks, leaving the rockers for the yardboy to bring in.”

• “‘She'll bury us all,’ her father adds, laughing, ‘in silk and pearls.’”

• “Mama says she's running around with the Perozo girl too much. ‘It's about time we women had a voice in running our country.’”

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Match each descritption with the sister to whom it belongs:

As religious as her mother

Concerned about money

Wants to go to law school

the youngest sister, born circa 1935

• Dede

  Patria

  Minerva

  Maria Teresa

• Patria

  Dede

  Minerva

  Maria Teresa

• Maria Teresa

  Dede

  Minerva

  Patria

• Minerva

  Maria Teresa

  Dede

  Patria

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which event happens second in the order of the story.

• Dedé gets a divorce from her husband.

• Dedé remembers an evening with her family from fifty years prior.

• With her father hoping for a boy, María Teresa is born.

• Minerva decides she wants to go to law school.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5