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Multiple Choice
1. D (Chapter 1)
2. A (Chapter 2)
3. B (Chapter 2)
4. C (Chapter 3)
5. A (Chapter 4)
6. D (Chapter 5)
7. C (Chapter 6)
8. A (Chapter 6)
9. A (Chapter 7)
10. D (Chapter 7)
11. A (Chapter 8)
12. A (Chapter 8)
13. C (Chapter 8)
14. B (Chapter 9)
15. B (Chapter 10)
Long Answer
1. Answers can show how the concept of freedom makes a novel about the Dominican Republic a universal story of the human spirit that has everything and nothing to do with Rafael Trujillo. By taking any of the Mirabal sisters or the example of Lio or Leandro or the parish priest, a response can highlight how imprisonment, whether literal or symbolic, is anathema to the human condition. The rabbit scene can show how terrifying leaving imprisonment can be, but the vivid scenes in the Trujillo prisons and even the scenes of house arrest all reveal the horrors of enslavement. (Chapters 3,
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