NEED HELP In the book Before We Were Free: 1. Mami tells Anita, "No flies fly into a closed mouth. What does this mean?

2. What does Anita realize about the "car accident" involving The Butterflies?

3. Whose name does Anita draw in the Secret Santa
game? Why is Secret Santa cancelled?

4. What is an embargo? What main country has recently joined the embargo against the Dominican Republic? What effects have the embargo had on some of the characters in this story?

5. Anita overhears her father say on the phone, We're waiting for Mr. Smith's tennis shoes" and the response, 'They'll be at Wimpy's." What do you think about this conversation?

6. What does Papi think the solution is for the poor kids of his country? Why does Mami hush Papi when he reveals his opinions about political matters?

7. Why does it take so long to receive or send a letter
in the Dominican Republic? What does this say about the leadership of the country?

8. What does Anita see at Tio Toni's casita late in the night of Nochebuena?