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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. 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.

2. What color are the pitchers Poncia hands out in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Black.

3. How does Angustias describe her proposal from Pepe?
(a) Romantic.
(b) Joyous.
(c) Special.
(d) Very casual.

4. What does Maria Josefa say that she wants to do near the end of Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Die.
(b) Move.
(c) Have a baby.
(d) Marry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Poncia make a pointed comment about regarding what the lace could be used for?

2. Complete the sentence spoken by Bernarda in the play, "Yes, to fill my house with the ____ of their underskirts and their venomous tongues."

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

4. What reason does Bernarda give Angustias to wipe off her makeup?

5. What does Bernarda meet with a lawyer about in the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Poncia say women must deal with after they are married?

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

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

4. What does Martirio say is wrong when Amelia asks her in Act 2, Part 2?

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

6. What happens to Martirio when she is caught with Pepe's picture?

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

8. How does Angustias say Pepe proposed to her?

9. What reason does Bernarda give to explain why Martirio had possession of Pepe's picture?

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

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