Characters
She is the young narrator of the novel.
What is the Dominican Republic
The decade in which the novel takes place.
What is the 1960s.
"I feel like I am shrinking into nothing"
Who is Anita
This is the name of the secret police that kept citizens in fear.
What is the SIM
Anita's cousin who becomes a close friend and confidant.
Who is Carla
Anita and her mother are forced to move here when Trujillo Jr. takes office.
What is the Mancini's family closet
The real life assassination that inspired the book's backdrop.
What is the assassination of Trujillo
"We have to be brave. Brave like the Mirabel Sisters."
Who is Mami
What are school, media, clothing, speech, and family decisions
Anita's older sister who helps her through hard times.
Who is Lucinda?
The reason Lucinda must leave the country early in the novel.
What is Trujillo's inapporiate interest in her.
The real names of the sisters who were called Las Mariposas
Patria Mirabel, Minerva Mirabel, and Maria Teresa Mirabel.
"The world is full of secrets. You'll understand when you're older."
Who is Papi
Who is the first family to leave the DR at the start of the novel
Who is the Garcia family- Carla, Fifi, Yo, Sandi
Who is Rafael Trujilo
What do the butterflies represent in the story.
What is the resistance against Trujillo.
The role of the SIM in the novel.
"A monkey dressed in silk is still a monkey."
Who is Chucha
Where did the police find El Jefe's body
In the back of Tio Toni and Papi's truck
These two family members get arrested for part of the resistance
Who are Papi and Tio Toni.
How the story ends for Anita and her mother
What is the United States.
"You can't tell Anyone. Not even your diary. You never know who's reading."
Who is Tio Toni
Who does Anita think she sees as she is leaving the DR?
Who is Chuca