IN
THE
TIME
OF THE
BUTTERFLIES
100

Who was the head of the northern SIM?

Officer Pena

100

Who is the author of In the time of the butterflies?

Julia Alvarez

100

Which of the sisters is the most religious?

Patria

100

Who is Minou?

Minerva's child

100

Which sister tells riddles in the car on their way to the prison?

Maria Teresa

200

What dream does Maria Teresa have about the husbands?

That she is attending a funeral and opens the coffin and sees their faces.

200

What are other countries doing to oppose Trujillo?

Putting strict economic sanctions on him

200

What is Trujillo doing to some prisoners?

Murdering them

200

What is the weather when the butterflies visit their husbands for the last time?

Stormy/rainy

200

What is the name of Patria's husband?

Pedrito
300

Who is Fela?

The family's maid

300

What is the name of Minerva's school friend who she asks to join the rebellion?

Elsa

300

Who is Fidel Castro?

The leader of Cuba

300

What car does Pena drive?

White Mercedes

300

Where do the sisters plan to move?

Puerto Plata, the prison

400

What is the first prison where all of the husbands stay?

La Victoria

400

Who is Officer Pena's favorite butterfly?

Patria

400

What is the name of the sisters driver?

Rufino

400

What does Elsa see while on her boat?

An American ship.

400

Where do the sisters stop right before their deaths?

A gas station

500

Which prison do Maria Teresa and Minerva's husbands get moved?

Puerto Plata

500

What do the butterflies buy before visiting their husbands for the final time?

Purses

500

How does Elsa gain information from outside the Dominican Republic?

She rows her boat out to sea and listens to radio signals from there

500

What are the 2 things Trujillo wants?

To destroy the church and the Mirabal sisters

500

Why does the owner of the purse store give the butterflies his business card?

To warn them to not travel over the pass