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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Because of the doctor's visits, what is beginning to change in Sierva and Ygnacio's relationship?
(a) Sierva resents her father more.
(b) They begin to read together.
(c) She is beginning to communicate with her father.
(d) Ygnacio stops communicating with his daughter.

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

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

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

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

6. How does Bernarda bring back the Marquis's wealth?
(a) Prostitution.
(b) Trading and fraud.
(c) Selling slaves.
(d) Smart business tactics.

7. At the end of chapter two, what does the narrator state will happen to Sierva?
(a) Sierva will run away from New Grenada.
(b) Sierva will die attempting to run away.
(c) Sierva will never leave the convent alive.
(d) Sierva will spend five years in the convent.

8. What is Don Ygnacio's title?
(a) Bishop.
(b) Duke.
(c) Marquis.
(d) Prince.

9. Whom does Don Ygnacio meet on his way back from visiting a man with rabies?
(a) The Bishop.
(b) Dr. Abrenuncio.
(c) The Abbess.
(d) Father Cayetano.

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

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

12. From what continent do Sierva's language skills come from?
(a) Africa.
(b) Asia.
(c) North America.
(d) Europe.

13. What action takes place that has the Bishop stepping in to check on Sierva?
(a) Sierva attempts suicide.
(b) Sierva tries to run away and goes to the church for help.
(c) Sagunta tries to replace all of Sierva's "tainted" blood.
(d) Sagunta, in an attempt to cure Sierva, ends up rolling around naked with the girl while covered in grease.

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

15. In what state is the family's mansion?
(a) Decay.
(b) Abandonment.
(c) Grandeur.
(d) Repair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the station of the person raising Sierva?

2. How does Bernarda know Ygnacio before they got married?

3. How did Judas and Bernarda meet?

4. How does Bernarda spend her time after Judas's death?

5. What does Ygnacio's father forbid?

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