Who Said It?
Characters
Scenes from Anita's Diary
After They Were Free
Historical Background
100
"You will see them before they come back but only after you are free" (11)
Who is Chucha?
100
The main character and narrator of the book.
Who is Anita?
100
The name of the two competing radio stations that report on the events of El Jefe's death.
What is Radio Swan and Radio Caribe?
100
The city that the de la Torre's end up escaping to.
What is New York City?
100
The name of the author of the book.
Who is Julia Alvarez?
200
"Class we are going to play a special game for Christmas!"
Who is Mrs. Brown?
200
The de la Torre's Haitian maid who is able to predict the future.
Who is Chucha?
200
Where Mami and Anita are staying while Anita is writing in her diary.
What is the walk-in closet of the Mancini's bedroom?
200
The name of Anita's teacher in her new school.
Who is Sister Mary Joseph?
200
The nickname for the Mirabel Sisters.
What are "The Butterflies"?
300
"We're waiting for Mr. Smith's tennis shoes"
Who is Papi?
300
Anita's uncle who conspires to overthrow the government.
Who is Tio Toni?
300
Where El Jefe was found.
What is the trunk of Papi's Chevy?
300
Explain what happens to Anita at the grocery store.
What is she is accused of stealing from the store and told not to come back without an adult. She is also asked whether or not she speaks English.
300
The years that Rafael Trujillo ruled the Dominican Republic.
What is 1930-1961?
400
"Just before dawn, the son took off for his beach estate. Meanwhile, his SIM buddies drove over to the prison and seized the six remaining conspirators and took them to the beach..."
Who is Mr. Washburn?
400
Anita's "kissing cousin"
Who is Oscar Mancini?
400
Some of the prisoner's complaints about the way they were treated.
What is fingernails being pulled out, eyes sewn open, electric chair, fed the flesh of their own son?
400
The grade Anita is placed into in the USA.
What is the second grade?
400
The name of the massacre of Haitians by Rafael Trujillo.
What is the Parsley Massacre?
500
"For the beautiful Lucinda, flower of the nation, from an admirer"
Who is El Jefe?
500
The owner of the store where the conspiracy plot is run through.
Who is Mr. Wimpy?
500
How does the chapter end?
What is with Anita's family being taken away by helicopter?
500
The news that Anita's family receive from Mr. Washburn about Tio Toni and Papi.
What is that they have been killed by Trujillo Junior's cronies on a beach?
500
The college that Julia Alvarez went to.
What is Syracuse University?
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