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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3 Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Bernarda order Poncia to bring her and the mourners at the beginning of Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Water.
(c) Tea.
(d) Lemonade.

3. Who does Poncia tell Bernarda that Pepe truly loves?
(a) Adela.
(b) Magdalena.
(c) Amelia.
(d) Martirio.

4. Complete this sentence spoken by the Servant in the play, "Floors, cupboards, pedestals, iron bed frames polished with oil, while those of us who live in huts of mud with only a spoon and a plate to our name have to swallow the bitter ______."
(a) Leaf.
(b) Drink.
(c) Pill.
(d) Branch.

5. Complete the sentence by Bernarda in the play, "I know you well enough to know your reach to stick the _______ in."
(a) Nail.
(b) Stick.
(c) Knife.
(d) Heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says that her body is hers to do with what she chooses?

2. Where do Bernarda and her daughters eat dinner in Act 3, Part 1?

3. What does Prudencia go to join in after hearing the bells ring at the church?

4. What does Bernarda tell her daughters that she will do as long as she's alive in Act 1, Part 3?

5. Complete the sentence by Bernarda in the play, "I could see the ____ coming, but I didn't know it would break so soon."

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