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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the people of the village doing to the woman at the top of the hill in Act 2, Part 3?
(a) Mocking her.
(b) Beating her.
(c) Feeding her.
(d) Laughing at her.

2. What does Bernarda insist that Adela died as?
(a) A good person.
(b) A mother.
(c) A saint.
(d) A virgin.

3. What does Bernarda rush to get after Adela says she belongs to Pepe?
(a) Her book.
(b) Her ruler.
(c) Her cane.
(d) Her gun.

4. What does Bernarda say she will not allow to happen to the house her father built?
(a) For it to burn.
(b) For it to be disrespected.
(c) For it to be broken.
(d) For it to be destroyed.

5. Where in the room was Pepe's picture found?
(a) Under her bed.
(b) In her drawer.
(c) Between the sheets.
(d) Under her pillow.

6. What do the Servant and Poncia hear that suggests somebody must be passing by in Act 3, Part 2?
(a) A gate opening.
(b) A barking dog.
(c) A bell.
(d) A knock.

7. Where does Bernarda say she will be taking the stallion the next morning in Act 3, Part 1?
(a) To another farm.
(b) To Pepe's house.
(c) To their neighbors.
(d) To the mares.

8. Complete the sentence by Amelia in the play, "It's not as if Pepe was a _______ Saint Bartholomew."
(a) Wonderful.
(b) Gold.
(c) Honorable.
(d) Silver.

9. Who does Adela warn Bernarda to not listen to because she is lying in Act 2, Part 3?
(a) Magdalena.
(b) Martirio.
(c) Poncia.
(d) Angustias.

10. Where does Maria Josefa say she is running away to in her song in Act 3, Part 2?
(a) The seashore.
(b) The fields.
(c) Church.
(d) The graveyard.

11. At what time does Poncia tell Bernarda that Pepe was at their house the night before?
(a) 1:30 a.m.
(b) 3:00 a.m.
(c) 2:00 a.m.
(d) 4:30 a.m.

12. What do Adela, Martirio, and Amelia come back into the room commenting on in Act 3, Part 1?
(a) How cold the house is.
(b) How hot it is.
(c) How dark it is.
(d) How it smells outside.

13. Who does Bernarda make search all the girls' rooms for Pepe's picture?
(a) Adela.
(b) Poncia.
(c) Angustias.
(d) Martirio.

14. What does a woman come and do for the men working in the fields?
(a) Sing and dance.
(b) Intimacy.
(c) Food.
(d) Women.

15. Complete the sentence by Martirio in the play, "Yes, yes, a young mule that needs to be ______ in."
(a) Lassoed.
(b) Broken.
(c) Wrangled.
(d) Brought.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Amelia says is the worst possible thing that can happen?

2. Complete the sentence by Maria Josefa in the play, "This child will have white hair, and there will be another child and another and they will all have snow-white hair, and we will be like the _____ of the sea."

3. What does Martirio shout should happen to the woman at the top of the hill?

4. What do Poncia and the Servant say they feel is about to break in the house because of tension in Act 3, Part 2?

5. Complete the sentence by Bernarda in the play, "May you be cut to _______, you little good-for-nothing."

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