In The Time Of The Butterflies Test Questions – Flashcards
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Setting
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Dominican Republic
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Genre
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Historical fiction
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What historical fiction means
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set in past, time period and portrayal is at core of story
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Trujillo ruled from
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1930 to 1961
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Sisters, in order from oldest to youngest
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Patria, Dede, Minerva, Maria Teresa (Mate) Mirabel
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Where Julia Alvarez was born
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New York City
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Where Julia Alvarez was raised
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Dominican Republic
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When did Julia Alvarez move, and where did she move to?
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at age ten, to NYC
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Why did Julia Alvarez write "in time of the butterflies"?
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her dad was in the underground revolution, and she felt like it was her responsibility to share the story
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Who writes in third person, and when does she switch to first? Why does she switch?
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Dede, epilogue, she has her coming of age
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what does the garden symbolize?
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Dede's character and inner self
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what does the rain symbolize?
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the reign of Trujillo
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what marks Minerva's coming of age?
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her "complications" start, and she finds out the truth about Trujillo
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when Minerva binds her chest, she symbolically...
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doesn't want the things she is learning to be true, but can't hold the truth back
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moths symbolize
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the country blinded by Trujillo
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who is the moth who scolds the girls for standing up against Trujillo in a play?
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Sor Asuncion
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what is Patria's coming-of-age?
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loses child, faith, and innocence
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What does Patria's "pearl" symbolize?
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her faith, loses it with the dead baby
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Where does Patria find her new faith?
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in the people
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Who represents being safe for Dede, and who is the revolution to her?
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Jaimito, Leo
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What does Dede do that is moth like?
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she doesn't let Minerva join the revolution, and burns Lio's letter
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What is Mate's coming-of-age?
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her father dying, her half-sisters coming to his funeral, and her loss of her "super dad"
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What are the two forces in Minerva's life? Which does she pick?
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Love and Revolution, Love
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What happens to Papa in prison?
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He is tortured, probably electrocuted
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What does the "mother in the house" do?
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takes care of things
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What do both Mary and Patria do to be compared?
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They give up their sons to a greater cause
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When was the real retreat that Patria went to, and what did she see?
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June 14, 1959, boy gets shot
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What are the two hints that Patria's carefully built "house" is getting cracks in it?
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nelson joins the revolution, baby is named "Raul Ernesto"
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How does Patria overthrow the "gaudy" religion, and become the mother of revolutionists?
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She pushes over the Mary statue and takes her place (during bombing)
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What does Patria do to show that she is joining the revolution? What does this make her afraid of?
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lets conspirators use her house, her "house" will fall down
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Why doesn't Dede join the revolution?
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she is afraid
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How does Dede's garden symbolize her when her sisters ask her sisters confront her about the revolution?
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it is starting to become chaotic, but won't grow into anything
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How does Dede show courage and butterfly-like qualities in the chapter when she decides NOT to join her sisters?
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defying Jaimito
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What does Patria suffer the loss of, and what hits her the hardest?
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husband, son, house, and sanity; Nelson
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What does Patria do to try to get Nelson back?
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goes to see Pena, prays to God, and prays to Trujillo
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What does Mate choose over the revolution in prison? name two examples
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love and friends, Leandro and Santiclo
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What does the crucifixes' purpose/meaning in prison?
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uniting prisoners, create solidarity, signifies time in jail as suffering because of beliefs
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What is Patria's calvary?
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her walk up the stairs to pick up Nelson from prison
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What does Patria think of when Trujillo calls her name to claim Nelson? What does this foreshadow?
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God claiming her, her death
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Who does Patria marry?
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Pedrito
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Who does Minerva marry?
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Manolo
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Who does Mate marry?
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Leandro
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What are Mama's and Papa's names?
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Mercedes and Enrique
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What are Minerva and Mate allowed to leave the house arrest to do twice a week?
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go to church and see husbands
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What are a few things that foreshadow the sisters' deaths in the last chapter?
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storm, find out that men will be moved back in a few weeks, "Avoid the Pass" on card, three crosses, and "Talk of the People, Voice of God"
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What is Dede's coming of age?
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the epilogue, losing sisters, breast cancer, divorce, mama dying
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What do the murderers do to make the butterflies deaths seem like accidents?
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put them back in the car and push it off the cliff
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What makes the loss bearable to Dede, and when does she realize this?
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realizing that maybe it all happened for a reason, after talking to the new president
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What happens that makes it hard again for Dede, after she decided that her sisters' deaths were for a reason?
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the country became unstable again
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What is Dede's missing left breast symbolic of?
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all she is missing
