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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Adela seem when she comes into the room in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) Unwell.
(b) Angry.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Happy.

3. Complete the sentence spoken by Bernarda in the play, "But they forget them when you put a plate of ______ in front of them".
(a) Vegetables.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Chickpeas.
(d) Pasta.

4. Complete the sentence by Adela in the play, "Sometimes she looks into my room to see if I'm ________."
(a) Awake.
(b) Alone.
(c) Alive.
(d) Sleeping.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Amelia, Magdalena, Martirio, and Angustias sit doing with Poncia at the beginning of Act 2, Part 1?

3. What does the person who comes to the door in Act 1, Part 1, say they always get from the house?

4. What is Bernarda's mother's name?

5. What does Maria Josefa say the women in the house's hearts will turn to near the end of Act 1, Part 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Poncia find when Bernarda has her search all of her daughters' rooms?

2. How is Adela's appearance described when she returns from the corral in Act 3, Part 2?

3. What is the nature of Maria Josefa's interaction with a lamb in the play?

4. What is the nature of the song the reapers sing while in the field?

5. How does Adela react when Martirio suggests she didn't sleep well in Act 2, Part 1?

6. How does Poncia suggest they could use the lace?

7. What does Martirio say about a man she once liked in Act 1, Part 3?

8. What does Bernarda do to make the Servant cry at the end of Act 1, Part 1?

9. What is the nature of Adela's description of the white stallion in Act 3, Part 1?

10. What is the nature of the family's conversation with Prudencia?

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