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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Servant say Bernarda's mother wished to do in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Get married.
(b) Eat.
(c) Have a baby.
(d) Die.

2. Who goes out to get linen for the girls to start work on their hope chests?
(a) Adela.
(b) Amelia.
(c) Martirio.
(d) Angustias.

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

4. 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 snoop and criticize.
(c) To offer sympathy.
(d) To help out.

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

6. At what time does Poncia reveal she was up and saw Pepe talking with Angustias at her window?
(a) 1:30 a.m.
(b) Midnight.
(c) 2:00 a.m.
(d) 3:00 a.m.

7. Who suggests that Adela give her dress to Angustias when she is married?
(a) Martirio.
(b) Poncia.
(c) Magdalena.
(d) Adela.

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

9. What does Maria Josefa say that she wants to do near the end of Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Move.
(b) Marry.
(c) Have a baby.
(d) Die.

10. Which of the following do Bernarda and the mourners not make small talk about in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) The heat.
(b) Bernarda's late husband.
(c) The men working in the fields.
(d) The servants.

11. What does Adela say she is going into the village wearing the next day after the funeral?
(a) Her green dress.
(b) Flowers in her hair.
(c) Her black veil.
(d) Her white shoes.

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

13. What does Adela complain about Martirio to Poncia in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) He is irritating.
(b) He is suspicious.
(c) He is worrisome.
(d) He is annoying.

14. Finish this sentence spoken by Poncia in the play, "The rest of them: lots of fine lace and linen camisoles, but nothing to their names but bread and ______".
(a) Cheese.
(b) Wine.
(c) Liver.
(d) Water.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Complete the sentence spoken by Bernarda in the play, "With the ___ that opens all doors, and the hand that closes them."

2. What do the bells announce the last of in the day in Act 1, Part 1?

3. Who has just died at the beginning of the play?

4. Complete the sentence spoken by Bernarda in the play, "Yes, to fill my house with the ____ of their underskirts and their venomous tongues."

5. Who tells how her husband came to her window and proposed by saying he wanted to touch her?

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