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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bernarda bring back the Marquis's wealth?
(a) Prostitution.
(b) Trading and fraud.
(c) Selling slaves.
(d) Smart business tactics.

2. To whom does the skull found in the crypts belong?
(a) An old man.
(b) A 12-year-old girl.
(c) A young nun.
(d) A 36-year-old man.

3. Where does the next scene of chapter one take place?
(a) New Grenada.
(b) America.
(c) England.
(d) Barcelona.

4. What does the doctor advise Don Ygnacio to do with his daughter?
(a) Send her away from New Grenada.
(b) Leave her alone.
(c) He needs to be nice and treat her well.
(d) He needs to take her to the Bishop for help.

5. What animal stays behind while the others run off on the estate of Ygnacio's father?
(a) A pig.
(b) A horse.
(c) A mastiff.
(d) A sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rabid animals attack the town?

2. What was the occupation of the Marquis's father?

3. Where does Sierva spend all her time?

4. Whom does Don Ygnacio meet on his way back from visiting a man with rabies?

5. What is unique about the skull?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Sierva while in the marketplace?

2. How does Bernarda force the Marquis into marriage?

3. How does Sierva's relationship with her father improve in Chapter 2?

4. Why does Sierva lie to Dr. Abrenuncio?

5. How does Ygnacio's first wife deal with her husband?

6. Why does Sierva prefer to live in the slave quarters instead of the mansion?

7. What is special about the tall slave girl brought into New Grenada from the ship?

8. What does Dr. Abrenuncio believe about Sierva and her brush with rabies and what treatment does he recommend?

9. Describe the character of the Bishop.

10. What condition does the beginning of the book find Bernarda in and why?

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