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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells how her husband came to her window and proposed by saying he wanted to touch her?
(a) Bernarda.
(b) Magdalena.
(c) Poncia.
(d) The Servant.

2. What color are the pitchers Poncia hands out in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

3. What does Poncia say about the woman and the men who abducted her?
(a) There were not from the village.
(b) They were morally sound.
(c) They were good people.
(d) They were sane.

4. What does Martirio say is one of the few good things she has left in her life?
(a) Good linens.
(b) Books.
(c) Nice underwear.
(d) Love.

5. What does the person who comes to the door in Act 1, Part 1, say they always get from the house?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Money.
(c) Jewels.
(d) Scraps from the table.

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

7. During Bernarda's conversation with the mourners, what does she tell her daughters not to do?
(a) Yell.
(b) Talk.
(c) Cry.
(d) Laugh.

8. How many years does Bernarda say she and her family will have to be in mourning?
(a) Eight years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Six months.
(d) One year.

9. What does the Servant run out doing at the end of Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Yelling.
(b) Weeping.
(c) Smiling.
(d) Laughing.

10. What reason does Bernarda give Angustias to wipe off her makeup?
(a) In memory of her father.
(b) It looks bad.
(c) It's in poor taste.
(d) She doesn't need it.

11. What does Maria Josefa say the women in the house's hearts will turn to near the end of Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Dust.
(b) Ash.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Stone.

12. What does Maria Josefa ask Bernarda to give back of hers in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Her string of pearls.
(b) Her black dress.
(c) Her lace veil.
(d) Her picture.

13. What is the person who is locked up in another room of the house said to be?
(a) Old.
(b) Joyful.
(c) Sick.
(d) Insane.

14. What does Bernarda claim is the only reason the mourners came to her house after they had gone out?
(a) To steal money.
(b) To help out.
(c) To snoop and criticize.
(d) To offer sympathy.

15. What does Magdalena say that Angustias did just like her father in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Gurgled.
(b) Laughed.
(c) Snored.
(d) Talked through her nose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to the door after Poncia goes out in Act 1, Part 1?

2. 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 ______."

3. Complete this sentence spoken by Poncia in the play, "On that day I will lock myself up in a room with her and _______ at her for an entire year."

4. How does Poncia say she saw Adela sitting at her window the night before in Act 2, Part 1?

5. Who does the servant tell Bernarda was looking at the men on the patio?

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