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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Bernarda make search all the girls' rooms for Pepe's picture?
(a) Poncia.
(b) Martirio.
(c) Angustias.
(d) Adela.

2. What does Adela say she wants to do regarding the things she finds beautiful in Act 3, Part 1?
(a) Sing to them.
(b) Ride them.
(c) Stay up all night.
(d) Watch them.

3. What do the Servant and Poncia say all of Bernarda's daughters are that would cause their blood ties to be forgotten?
(a) Angry and jealous.
(b) Protective and angry.
(c) Silly.
(d) Happy and dumb.

4. Complete the sentence by Bernarda in the play, "May you be cut to _______, you little good-for-nothing."
(a) Pieces.
(b) Bits.
(c) Chunks.
(d) Nothing.

5. What does Bernarda rush to get after Adela says she belongs to Pepe?
(a) Her cane.
(b) Her gun.
(c) Her ruler.
(d) Her book.

6. Complete the sentence by Bernarda in the play, "I could see the ____ coming, but I didn't know it would break so soon."
(a) Storm.
(b) Clouds.
(c) Snow.
(d) Rain.

7. Where does Maria Josefa say she is running away to in her song in Act 3, Part 2?
(a) The fields.
(b) Church.
(c) The seashore.
(d) The graveyard.

8. Who does Adela warn Bernarda to not listen to because she is lying in Act 2, Part 3?
(a) Martirio.
(b) Angustias.
(c) Poncia.
(d) Magdalena.

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

10. What does Martirio say was just a joke in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) Her making fun of Adela.
(b) Pepe wanting to marry Angustias.
(c) Her wanting to move out of the house.
(d) Her stealing Pepe's picture.

11. What does Bernarda shout should happen to the woman at the top of the hill?
(a) That she be imprisoned.
(b) That she be punished.
(c) That she be let go.
(d) That she be killed.

12. Complete the sentence by Maria Josefa in the play, "This child will have white hair, and there will be another child and another and they will all have snow-white hair, and we will be like the _____ of the sea."
(a) Heart.
(b) Colors.
(c) Waves.
(d) Moves.

13. What do Poncia and the Servant say they feel is about to break in the house because of tension in Act 3, Part 2?
(a) Chaos.
(b) A flood.
(c) A thunderstorm.
(d) Danger.

14. What do the Servant and Poncia hear that suggests somebody must be passing by in Act 3, Part 2?
(a) A bell.
(b) A barking dog.
(c) A knock.
(d) A gate opening.

15. What does Bernarda comment that she's being made to drink in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) Water.
(b) Blood.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) The bitterest poison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Angustias say she is worried Pepe has on his mind in Act 3, Part 1?

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

3. Complete the sentence by Bernarda in the play, "If the villagers want to make ____ accusations they will find I am hard as rock."

4. What does Poncia hint to Bernarda that is going on in her family in Act 2, Part 3?

5. Who does Adela try to apologize to in Act 3, Part 2?

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