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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the women do not come into the room just as Adela is saying she belongs to Pepe?
(a) Angustias.
(b) Magdalena.
(c) Poncia.
(d) Martirio.

2. Why does Bernarda tell Poncia she didn't allow Martirio to marry a man that had been courting her in Act 2, Part 3?
(a) He was a bad person.
(b) He wasn't good for her.
(c) She didn't love him.
(d) Because the blood of their families couldn't mix.

3. Where in the room was Pepe's picture found?
(a) Under her pillow.
(b) Under her bed.
(c) Between the sheets.
(d) In her drawer.

4. What does Poncia wonder about Martirio regarding Pepe's picture?
(a) Why she hated Angustias.
(b) How she felt about Pepe.
(c) Why she had it.
(d) What she wanted with it.

5. What does Adela say the white stallion in the corral is filling in Act 3, Part 1?
(a) The love.
(b) The hatred.
(c) The joy.
(d) All the darkness.

6. In whose room is Pepe's picture found?
(a) Magdalena's
(b) Adela's.
(c) Amelia's.
(d) Martirio's.

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

8. Where does Angustias say she lost her picture of Pepe?
(a) In her drawer.
(b) On her dresser.
(c) Under her mattress.
(d) Under her pillow.

9. Complete the sentence by Bernarda in the play, "I always knew you were women who couldn't wait to _____ themselves at the windows, and break your mourning."
(a) Have.
(b) Be.
(c) Showcase.
(d) Display.

10. What news does the Servant bring in about something happening at the top of the street from the house?
(a) A huge crowd gathering.
(b) A person being hanged.
(c) Adela running away.
(d) Pepe.

11. 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.

12. Complete the sentence by Bernarda in the play, "And if she doesn't forget it, the ____ it will be for her."
(a) Love.
(b) Hate.
(c) Good.
(d) Worse.

13. Who does Bernarda beat in Act 2, Part 2, when Angustias has to hold her back?
(a) Martirio.
(b) Poncia.
(c) Magdalena.
(d) Adela.

14. What do the Servant and Poncia say Bernarda is being as they clean up in Act 3, Part 2?
(a) Stupid.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Proud.
(d) Happy.

15. Complete the sentence by Poncia in the play, "But it's hard for people to go against their true ______."
(a) Desires.
(b) Feelings.
(c) Personas.
(d) Nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bernarda tell Angustias to patch things up with in Act 3, Part 1?

2. What does Adela do before shouting that the woman at the top of the hill should be freed?

3. At what time does Poncia tell Bernarda that Pepe was at their house the night before?

4. What does Amelia says is the worst possible thing that can happen?

5. Complete the sentence by Adela in the play, "He will ____ this whole house, he's out there, panting like a lion."

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