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In the Time of the Butterflies | Questions and Answers Part I: Chapters 1-4

Questions
1. How does each sister lose her innocence or faith in the novel’s opening chapters?

2. Minerva says she “got free” after she moved away to go to boarding school. What does she mean by this?

3. The Mirabal sisters all learn in adolescence that Trujillo, the dictator who rules the Dominican Republic, is closer to their lives than they initially thought. Give at least three examples of Trujillo’s proximity to their lives.

4. What do the Mirabal sisters learn about their father in the book’s opening chapters?

5. How does...


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