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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the slaves waiting in the harbor?
(a) They are to be freed.
(b) They are being sold.
(c) They are hiding.
(d) Quarantine.

2. Why is the convent not allowed to cut Sierva's hair?
(a) Only nuns may cut their hair.
(b) It is a tribute to God until she is married.
(c) She screams until they promise to stop.
(d) It is a sign of disrespect to cut her hair.

3. Who is raising Sierva?
(a) Dominga de Adviento.
(b) The Bishop.
(c) Bernarda.
(d) Ygnacio.

4. What does Ygnacio refuse to do with his wife?
(a) Read to her.
(b) Dance with her.
(c) Kiss her on the lips.
(d) Sleep with her.

5. How does Bernarda feel about Sierva?
(a) She loves her more than anything.
(b) She does not mind her daughter but does not understand her.
(c) She feels that Sierva has great potential and is too good for New Grenada.
(d) She hates her.

6. What terrified Ygnacio on his father's estate?
(a) The stories of ghosts.
(b) The isolation.
(c) The farm animals.
(d) The storms.

7. What does the bishop say the Marquis must do to save Sierva?
(a) He must discipline his daughter.
(b) He must send Sierva to Italy.
(c) He must allow the Bishop to bless her.
(d) He must give her up to the Holy Office.

8. What are the slaves sent to do towards the end of chapter one?
(a) Find a doctor for Sierva.
(b) Find herbs that are meant to cure Sierva.
(c) Gather up their animals to be sold.
(d) Beg for money and food.

9. What drug does Judas introduce to Bernarda?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Opium.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Cacao tablets.

10. How does Judas die?
(a) Murdered for his drugs.
(b) Beaten to death in a bar fight.
(c) Drowns.
(d) Drug overdose.

11. What was the occupation of the Marquis's father?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Trader.
(c) Slave trader.
(d) Merchant.

12. How did the Marquis's father view him when he was younger?
(a) Too much of a wanderer to settle down.
(b) Mentally retarded.
(c) Smart, but unfocused.
(d) Brilliant.

13. What does Don Ygnacio do for the man he meets on his way home from visiting the rabies patient?
(a) Sends him a new horse.
(b) Buys him several books.
(c) Prays for him.
(d) Sends him money for a new horse.

14. How did Judas and Bernarda meet?
(a) He buys her a drink.
(b) She accidentally runs her horse into his.
(c) He is sent to entrap her in marriage.
(d) She buys him.

15. Whom does Ygnacio marry when he returns to his father's house?
(a) Dulce Olivia.
(b) Sagunta.
(c) Dona Olalla de Mendoza.
(d) Bernarda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument does Ygnacio play for Sierva?

2. What does Don Ygnacio do for Sierva that she resents him for in chapter one?

3. What does the Bishop consider Dr. Abrenuncio?

4. Who tells Ygnacio that Sierva is going mad?

5. Who is Judas Iscariote?

(see the answer keys)

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