WorksheetsIn the Time of the Butterflies Part 2
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 9mins
Minerva's father is taken by Capitan Peña after:
Minerva spits at Trujillo during the party to which her and her family are invited.
Minerva insults with words Trujilo during the party to which her and her family are invited.
Minerva slaps Trujillo during the party to which her and her family are invited.
What does Minerva do when Trujillo grabs her?
Slaps him
Screams
Hugs him
Laughs
How does Minerva get her father released from jail?
Yells at Trujillo
Shoots Trujillo
Wins a chess game against Trujillo
Wins a dice game against Trujillo
What does the family discover once their father returns home?
That he didn't want to come home
That he owes Trujillo money
That he was tortured in jail
That he killed someone
What does "el jefe" do at Minerva's "graduation"?
gives her a diploma and congratulates her
gives her a diploma, but encourages her to focus on motherhood
explains that the "bargain" only was for law school NOT to practice law
“Patria Mercedes was in those timbers, in the nimble workings of the transoms, she
was in those wide boards on the floor and in that creaky door opening on its old
hinges.”
What theme does the quote support?
Mothers are the glue that holds a family together.
Not everything works out the way you want them to.
Religion keeps a family safe
A man's inheritance keeps a family safe and secure
Whose business is failing?
Patria and Pedrito
Minerva and Manolo
Maria Teresa and Leandro
Dede and Jaimito
Who moves around a lot?
Patria and Pedrito
Minerva and Manolo
Maria Teresa and Leandro
Dede and Jaimito
Who was Patria worried about all the time?
Pedrito
Nelson
Noris
Manolo
What were Minerva, Manolo, Leandro, and Nelson rejoicing about?
The revolution had begun to take hold in the Dominican Republic.
Patria was pregnant with her third child.
The beginning of a new year.
Fidel Castro along with his brother Raul, and Ernesto had liberated Cuba.
Patria’s older son, Nelson, was sent to the boarding school Santo Tomas de Aquino in the capital so that
he can become a priest.
he can get a better education.
he can be safe.
he can have a better career other than being a farmer.
“I got braver like a crab going sideways”, What literary device is used here
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Onomatopoeia
What sacrifice did Minerva make that shocked Patria?
Minerva dropped off her son Manolito at her house.
Minerva and Manolo separated to keep their family safe.
Minerva and Manolo used their house as secret headquarters for the resistance.
Minerva and Manolo stopped visiting their family.
What happens to Patria on her trip?
Fighting begins with many explosions and bombs where she is.
She loses her baby on the trip.
She does not hear from Virgencita.
The Campesinos are so happy to see her.
What does Patria become a part of?
A Christian Cultural Group in Ojo de Agua.
A Christian Cultural Group for pregnant women.
Accion Clero-Cultural in Salcedo.
The Liturgy Charter of the Catholic Faith.
What does Maria Teresa make Patria promise her?
That she will never tell the SIM what Minerva and Maria Teresa are involved in.
That she will never tell Trujillo about the resistance.
That she will take care of Jacqueline if anything happens to her.
That she will not keep Nelson away from her family.
