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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. Complete the sentence by Martirio in the play, "It is truly strange that two people that don't know each other would suddenly see each other at a window and become ________".
(a) Intimate.
(b) Loving.
(c) Engaged.
(d) Happy.

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

3. 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.

4. Complete the sentence spoken by Adela in the play, "If you don't want to embroider them, then ______ just as they are."
(a) Leave.
(b) Throw.
(c) Kill.
(d) Destroy.

5. What does Bernarda ask Poncia regarding the men on the patio in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) If they are married.
(b) What they were talking about.
(c) If they are interested in her daughters.
(d) If they are single.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Servant say she is glad will never force her to have sex with him?

2. Complete this sentence spoken by Poncia in the play, "On that day I will lock myself up in a room with her and _______ at her for an entire year."

3. What does Poncia say Angustias will be busy doing soon after she's married?

4. What does Bernarda order Poncia to bring her and the mourners at the beginning of Act 1, Part 2?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bernarda say she will be doing after her daughters argue about what time Pepe has been leaving their house?

2. What is the nature of Adela, Martirio, and Bernarda's argument regarding the woman who killed her child?

3. What happens when Adela gives Bernarda a brightly colored fan?

4. How does Angustias react when Bernarda tells her to patch things up with Martirio?

5. What did Poncia see when up at 1:30 in the morning?

6. What does Poncia tell Bernarda that Angustias overheard from the men on the porch?

7. What does Adela say about the stars in Act 3, Part 1?

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

9. What does Martirio say about the real reason a young woman won't leave her house in Act 1, Part 3?

10. What do the sisters say they wish for when watching the reapers in the field?

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