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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is she going to the market?
(a) She wants to buy a dog.
(b) She is bored and wants to get into trouble.
(c) It is her birthday.
(d) Her mother sent her.

2. How much is the beautiful slave bought for?
(a) Her weight in gold.
(b) Her weight in silver.
(c) Her weight in copper.
(d) Her weight in iron.

3. Why is the animal that bit Sierva in the marketplace killed?
(a) It was nearly dead from starvation.
(b) It killed a cat.
(c) It has no owner.
(d) It has rabies.

4. Why do Bernarda and Ygnacio marry?
(a) They do not want to grow old alone.
(b) Bernarda admits she loves him.
(c) Bernarda purposefully becomes pregnant.
(d) Ygnacio will lose his inheritance if he does not marry.

5. What are Bernarda Cabrera's two drugs of choice?
(a) Cocaine and rum.
(b) Fermented honey and raw cacao.
(c) Opiates and fermented barley.
(d) Fermented grapes and marijuana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is happening to the crypts at Santa Clara at the beginning of the novel?

2. What does the Marquis do for Sierva, despite what Dr. Abrenuncio tells him?

3. Although he is assigned as Sierva's exorcist, what is Cayetano's true desire for his career?

4. In chapter three, where does the Abbess first find Sierva in the convent?

5. What does Ygnacio's father forbid?

(see the answer key)

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