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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what modern country is the next scene set?
(a) Portugal.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Argentina.

2. Why is she going to the market?
(a) She is bored and wants to get into trouble.
(b) It is her birthday.
(c) She wants to buy a dog.
(d) Her mother sent her.

3. What is happening to the crypts at Santa Clara at the beginning of the novel?
(a) They have been destroyed by an earthquake.
(b) They have been flooded.
(c) They have been turned into a tourist attraction.
(d) They are being emptied.

4. What have the drugs done to Bernarda Cabrera?
(a) She has rabies.
(b) She has cancer.
(c) She is sick and bloated.
(d) She has lost most of her body fat and looks sickly.

5. How long ago did the twelve-year-old girl of the legend die?
(a) 200 years ago.
(b) 500 years ago.
(c) 300 years ago.
(d) 400 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the fireworks remind Bernarda and Ygnacio about?

2. Where does Sierva spend all her time?

3. Why is the animal that bit Sierva in the marketplace killed?

4. What is unique about the skull?

5. To whom does the skull found in the crypts belong?

(see the answer key)

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