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Which of the following options best describes the outcome for three of the four Mirabal sisters (Patria, Dedé, Minerva, and María Teresa) at the conclusion of the novel?
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Patria, Minerva, and María Teresa Mirabal were murdered on November 25, 1960, under the orders of dictator Rafael Trujillo, after they visited their husbands in prison. Only Dedé managed to survive. This date is now recognized globally as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
Which of the following best describes the fate of the Mirabal sisters at the end of the novel?
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On November 25, 1960, Patria, Minerva, and María Teresa Mirabal were ambushed and killed by agents of the Trujillo regime on their way home from visiting their imprisoned husbands. Dedé, who did not join them that day, is the only sister who survives and serves as the novel's narrator, keeping the memory of her sisters alive in the present.
Which of the following best describes the historical event that forms the central backdrop of In the Time of the Butterflies?
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The novel is set during Rafael Trujillo's oppressive dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. It tells the story of the four Mirabal sisters — Patria, Dedé, Minerva, and María Teresa — three of whom became active revolutionaries (known as "Las Mariposas," or "The Butterflies") and were murdered on Trujillo's orders on November 25, 1960.