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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the women does not go out to watch the reapers from an upstairs window?
(a) Amelia.
(b) Magdalena.
(c) Adela.
(d) Poncia.

2. Complete the sentence by Bernarda in the play, "May you be cut to _______, you little good-for-nothing."
(a) Chunks.
(b) Bits.
(c) Pieces.
(d) Nothing.

3. What does Adela say the white stallion in the corral is filling in Act 3, Part 1?
(a) The hatred.
(b) The love.
(c) The joy.
(d) All the darkness.

4. What does Bernarda comment that she's being made to drink in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) Water.
(b) Blood.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) The bitterest poison.

5. Where does Angustias say she lost her picture of Pepe?
(a) Under her mattress.
(b) Under her pillow.
(c) On her dresser.
(d) In her drawer.

6. Who does Bernarda tell Angustias to patch things up with in Act 3, Part 1?
(a) Adela.
(b) Martirio.
(c) Magdalena.
(d) Amelia.

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

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

9. What does Adela say will be enough for her just so she can be free in Act 3, Part 2?
(a) Be a mother.
(b) Be a sister.
(c) Be a daughter.
(d) Be Pepe's mistress.

10. What do the men in the fields have that the women would love?
(a) Control over others.
(b) Power to sweat.
(c) Power to marry who they want.
(d) Freedom to go out and work.

11. Complete the sentence by Prudencia in the play, "What's important is that everything works out for the _______."
(a) Women.
(b) Men.
(c) Best.
(d) Family.

12. What do the Servant and Poncia say all of Bernarda's daughters are that would cause their blood ties to be forgotten?
(a) Protective and angry.
(b) Happy and dumb.
(c) Angry and jealous.
(d) Silly.

13. What does Bernarda say is making a loud thumping noise in Act 3, Part 1?
(a) Maria Josefa.
(b) Adela.
(c) Pepe.
(d) The stallion.

14. What does Poncia wonder about Martirio regarding Pepe's picture?
(a) How she felt about Pepe.
(b) What she wanted with it.
(c) Why she had it.
(d) Why she hated Angustias.

15. Complete the sentence by Bernarda in the play, "I never pry into anyone else's, but I want _______ kept up, and harmony inside the family."
(a) Deeds.
(b) Morals.
(c) Reputations.
(d) Appearances.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Poncia tell Bernarda that Pepe truly loves?

2. What does Bernarda say Angustias must do right away when talking to Poncia at the beginning of Act 2, Part 3?

3. What does Martirio say was just a joke in Act 2, Part 2?

4. What does Bernarda say she still has in regards to her household in Act 2, Part 2?

5. Complete the sentence by Bernarda in the play, "And if she doesn't forget it, the ____ it will be for her."

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