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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Don Ygnacio do for the man he meets on his way home from visiting the rabies patient?
(a) Buys him several books.
(b) Sends him money for a new horse.
(c) Prays for him.
(d) Sends him a new horse.

2. What does Bernarda believe was the beginning of her downfall?
(a) Giving birth to Sierva.
(b) Her affair with Judas.
(c) Her marriage to the Marquis.
(d) Her arrival in New Grenada.

3. What instrument does Ygnacio play for Sierva?
(a) The mandolin.
(b) The violin.
(c) The theorbo.
(d) The pan flute.

4. Why is the convent not allowed to cut Sierva's hair?
(a) Only nuns may cut their hair.
(b) It is a sign of disrespect to cut her hair.
(c) She screams until they promise to stop.
(d) It is a tribute to God until she is married.

5. How does Judas die?
(a) Drowns.
(b) Beaten to death in a bar fight.
(c) Drug overdose.
(d) Murdered for his drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drug does Judas introduce to Bernarda?

2. Who is the narrator of this novel?

3. Whom does Ygnacio marry when he returns to his father's house?

4. Where does the next scene of chapter one take place?

5. How much is the beautiful slave bought for?

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