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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bernarda suggest her daughters can do with their hope chests during their time of mourning?
(a) Carve them.
(b) Embroider them.
(c) Make them.
(d) Fill them.

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

3. What do the bells announce the last of in the day in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Parades.
(b) Church services.
(c) Meal.
(d) Prayers.

4. What is the name of Bernarda's oldest daughter?
(a) Magdalena.
(b) Amelia.
(c) Angustias.
(d) Martirio.

5. What part of the daughters' clothes does Bernarda say they cannot change in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Their headscarves.
(b) Their shoes.
(c) Their dresses.
(d) Their coats.

6. What does a woman who was abducted from her home return the following morning with, according to the story in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) With pants on.
(b) With no clothes on.
(c) With flowers in her hair.
(d) Loose hair and flowers.

7. Who makes a pointed comment about Adela not sleeping well in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) Angustias.
(b) Poncia.
(c) Magdalena.
(d) Martirio.

8. What time did Poncia say she actually heard Pepe leave the house in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) 4:00 a.m.
(b) 2:00 a.m.
(c) 3:30 a.m.
(d) 5:00 a.m.

9. What does Bernarda tell her daughters that she will do as long as she's alive in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Run the house.
(b) Have children.
(c) Be married.
(d) Have her fun.

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

11. Complete the sentence by Magdalena in the play, "If you're arguing about the ________, you are the richest one anyway, you can keep it all."
(a) Will.
(b) Inheritance.
(c) Future.
(d) Money.

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

13. Complete the sentence by Amelia in the play, "_________ is to blame, it makes life impossible".
(a) Love.
(b) Gossip.
(c) Hate.
(d) Life.

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

15. Complete the sentence by Poncia in the play, "Cling to that ______, and forget him."
(a) Hope.
(b) Dream.
(c) Joy.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Angustias describe her proposal from Pepe?

2. Complete the sentence by Bernarda in the play, "You've told me that ________ times already, and I have chosen not to answer you."

3. What does Poncia suggest Bernarda's family could have done after Bernarda says the men in the village are not good enough for her daughters?

4. What do Bernarda and Poncia come in discussing regarding Angustias in Act 1, Part 3?

5. Which of the daughters says the real reason a young woman cannot leave her house is because she is afraid of Bernarda?

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