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Julia AlvarezIn the Time of the Butterflies
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Exam Answer Key
Multiple Choice
1. D (Chapter 1)
2. A (Chapter 2)
3. B (Chapter 2)
4. C (Chapter 3)
5. A (Chapter 4)
6. D (Chapter 5)
7. C (Chapter 6)
8. A (Chapter 6)
9. A (Chapter 7)
10. D (Chapter 7)
11. A (Chapter 8)
12. A (Chapter 8)
13. C (Chapter 8)
14. B (Chapter 9)
15. B (Chapter 10)
Long Answer
1. Answers can show how the concept of freedom makes a novel about the Dominican Republic a universal story of the human spirit that has everything and nothing to do with Rafael Trujillo. By taking any of the Mirabal sisters or the example of Lio or Leandro or the parish priest, a response can highlight how imprisonment, whether literal or symbolic, is anathema to the human condition. The rabbit scene can show how terrifying leaving imprisonment can be, but the vivid scenes in the Trujillo prisons and even the scenes of house arrest all reveal the horrors of enslavement. (Chapters 3, 
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