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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the slaves sent to do towards the end of chapter one?
(a) Beg for money and food.
(b) Gather up their animals to be sold.
(c) Find a doctor for Sierva.
(d) Find herbs that are meant to cure Sierva.

2. How does Bernarda spend her time after Judas's death?
(a) Prostitution.
(b) Praying.
(c) Racing horses.
(d) Indulging in sex and drugs.

3. What does the Marquis do for Sierva, despite what Dr. Abrenuncio tells him?
(a) He takes her to several quacks to try to cure her.
(b) He forces her to take communion.
(c) He takes her to the Bishop.
(d) He ignores her symptoms.

4. After the death of his wife, why does Ygnacio keep his dogs near?
(a) He believes they are the only things that love him.
(b) They comfort him, as his wife loved the dogs.
(c) He is afraid of the slaves.
(d) He is afraid to be alone.

5. How does Ygnacio's wife die?
(a) She commits suicide.
(b) She drowns.
(c) She is thrown from a horse.
(d) She is struck by lightning.

6. Whom does Ygnacio marry when he returns to his father's house?
(a) Sagunta.
(b) Bernarda.
(c) Dulce Olivia.
(d) Dona Olalla de Mendoza.

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

8. From what continent do Sierva's language skills come from?
(a) Asia.
(b) Africa.
(c) Europe.
(d) North America.

9. What does the Bishop tell the Marquis about his daughter?
(a) She is possessed by demons.
(b) She is going to die.
(c) She is not mad, but undisciplined.
(d) She must be baptized.

10. Why does the doctor doubt that Sierva has rabies?
(a) She was bitten by another animal, not the rabid dog.
(b) The bite was superficial.
(c) The dog did not have rabies.
(d) People of her racial background tend to be immune to rabies.

11. In what state is the family's mansion?
(a) Abandonment.
(b) Decay.
(c) Repair.
(d) Grandeur.

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

13. Why are the slaves waiting in the harbor?
(a) They are to be freed.
(b) Quarantine.
(c) They are being sold.
(d) They are hiding.

14. What drug does Judas introduce to Bernarda?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Opium.
(d) Cacao tablets.

15. What religion besides Christianity does Dominga follow?
(a) Wicca.
(b) Olokun.
(c) Okolado.
(d) Satanism.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago did the twelve-year-old girl of the legend die?

2. How much is the beautiful slave bought for?

3. What date does Dr. Abrenuncio give for Bernarda's death?

4. What does Bernarda believe was the beginning of her downfall?

5. What is unique about the skull?

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