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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the doctor doubt that Sierva has rabies?
(a) The dog did not have rabies.
(b) People of her racial background tend to be immune to rabies.
(c) The bite was superficial.
(d) She was bitten by another animal, not the rabid dog.

2. What religion besides Christianity does Dominga follow?
(a) Satanism.
(b) Wicca.
(c) Okolado.
(d) Olokun.

3. What have the drugs done to Bernarda Cabrera?
(a) She is sick and bloated.
(b) She has cancer.
(c) She has rabies.
(d) She has lost most of her body fat and looks sickly.

4. What does the Bishop tell the Marquis about his daughter?
(a) She is going to die.
(b) She is not mad, but undisciplined.
(c) She is possessed by demons.
(d) She must be baptized.

5. What does the doctor advise Don Ygnacio to do with his daughter?
(a) Leave her alone.
(b) He needs to take her to the Bishop for help.
(c) Send her away from New Grenada.
(d) He needs to be nice and treat her well.

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

7. How old is Sierva?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Twelve.

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

9. What does Don Ygnacio admit to the doctor?
(a) He is afraid of his daughter.
(b) He does not like his wife.
(c) He is afraid of horses.
(d) He does not understand his daughter.

10. What is strange about Dulce Olivia?
(a) She is a noblewoman from Europe.
(b) She grew up in Africa.
(c) She is mad and lives in the mental asylum next door.
(d) She was framed for murder.

11. What is unique about the skull?
(a) There are tribal designs carved into the bone.
(b) There is no damage to it.
(c) Copper colored hair is growing from it.
(d) The teeth are all golden.

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

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

14. Who blesses the marriage of Bernarda and Ygnacio?
(a) The Bishop.
(b) The Abbess.
(c) Sagunta.
(d) Dominga.

15. Where does the next scene of chapter one take place?
(a) New Grenada.
(b) England.
(c) America.
(d) Barcelona.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the animal that bit Sierva in the marketplace killed?

2. What are Bernarda Cabrera's two drugs of choice?

3. Who tells Ygnacio that Sierva is going mad?

4. Where does Bernarda go after Judas's death?

5. Why is she going to the market?

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