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In the Time of the Butterflies

by Julia Alvarez

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In the Time of the Butterflies Questions and Answers

What literary devices are found in the book In the Time of the Butterflies?

What are some differences and similarities of Minerva and Dede in the book, "In the Time of the Butterflies"?

What is the birth order of the four sisters (oldest to youngest), in the book In the Time of the Butterflies?

How does Maria Teresa change as a person throughout In the Time of the Butterflies?

In the Time of the Butterflies, how does Maria Teresa's diary help her throughout life and how does her diary save her in prison?

In the book In the Time of the Butterflies, what are three quotes that show foreshadowing, and three quotes that show strange details in chapter 1?  That would be very helpful—thanks a lot!

How does each sister lose her innocence or faith in the opening chapters of In the Time of the Butterflies?

Why was Papa imprisoned in In the Time of the Butterflies?

What are two good quotes from chapters 9 and 10 on "In the Time of the Butterflies"?

Is In the Time of the Butterflies a true story?

What are three examples of figurative language from In the Time of Butterflies, and where do they occur in the novel?

How did Papà die in the book In the Time of the Butterflies?

In In the Time of the Butterflies on chapter 11 on April 11 what happened to Mate?

In The Time of the Butterflies, in Chapter 7, how does Maria Teresa's tone in her diary change from the beginning to end? What does this change illustrate?

What does the rain symbolize in In the Time of the Butterflies?

In In the Time of the Butterflies, what are some good imagery quotes I could use for my explication essay?

On what page is the quote about the flame tree, in the book "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez? I need to know what page the quote is on.

Who dies in In the Time of the Butterflies?

Who is Virgilio Morales in In the Time of the Butterflies?

Are Dede, Mama, and Papa considered heroes in the revolution in In the Time of the Butterflies?

Explain the relationship between Minerva and Dede Mirabal in In the Time of the Butterflies.

What are the names of Dede's children?

What is the exposition, conflict, climax and resolution of the novel in In the Time of the Butterflies?

Why are Mirabal sisters called butterflies?

What are some quotes where the moon is used as symbolism in the book In the Time of the Butterflies?

Explain the organization of In the Time of the Butterflies in terms of narrative structure. What does Alvarez accomplish by organizing the novel in this manner?

Tone in In the Time of the Butterflies? What is the impact of tone in In the Time of the Butterflies and where is it most significant? I'm looking for tone mainly using diction and imagery. Thanks for your help!

How is silence a theme in the novel In the Time of the Butterflies?

How do the four Mirabal sisters compare and contrast in terms of their commitment to anti-Trujillo activity and to their families?

Who went to jail in In the Time of the Butterflies?

What does the allusion of the crown of thorns mean in "In The Time of the Butterflies"?

How does Dede change throughout the novel In the Time of the Butterflies?

What are some of the internal and external conflicts that the Mirabel sisters faced?

In the book In the Time of the Butterflies, where is the quote, "I do not come by it naturally...You are going to have to tell me where to turn"? "I do not come by it naturally". "None of us do". "You are going to have to tell me where to turn".  

In In The Time of the Butterflies, in what ways does the author modify our expectations about what a story should be? Focus on a character or amplifying an argument by thinking about the same issue from a different perspective.

In the novel In The Time of the Butterflies, how does Patria change throughout the book?

What are the 50 most important quotes in the book?

What are five of Minerva's strengths in the novel, In the Time of the Butterflies?

What were their exact words when Minerva told Maria Teresa she wanted her to grow up in a free country in the book "In the Time of the Butterflies?  Minerva told Maria Teresa she wanted her to grow up in a free country in the book and Maria Teresa almost had an asthma attack.

Why and how did the Mirabal sisters die?

When Do Butterflies Come Out

Where is the connection of "the loaded dice" in the book "In the Time of the Butterflies"?

Who is Hilda, and how is she connected to Minerva in the book In the Time of the Butterflies? Why is the connection between these two important to note?

What does Trujillo do in In the Time of the Butterflies?

Describe the main conflict in chapter 5 of In the Time of the Butterflies.

In In the Time of the Butterflies, how does Dedé keep the memory of her sisters alive, and how does she feel about this responsibility?

Summary and main points of Chapter 9?

Why does one sister, Maria Theresa, speak only from the pages of her diary in In the Time of the Butterflies?

Where can I find quotes and page numbers from Minerva In the Time of the Butterflies book?

What kind of store does Dedé's father run in In the Time of the Butterflies?