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

3. What is happening to the crypts at Santa Clara at the beginning of the novel?
(a) They are being emptied.
(b) They have been flooded.
(c) They have been turned into a tourist attraction.
(d) They have been destroyed by an earthquake.

4. What is the Bishop afflicted with?
(a) Leprosy.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Kidney problems.

5. Where does Sierva spend all her time?
(a) The market.
(b) The sugarcane fields.
(c) The church.
(d) Slave quarters.

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

7. Why does Sierva lie to the doctor?
(a) She does not want the doctor to know that she lied about the bite.
(b) She does not want the doctor to know she was bitten badly.
(c) She picked it up from the slaves when they use it as a survival tactic.
(d) She does not trust the doctor not to send her away.

8. To whom does the skull found in the crypts belong?
(a) A 12-year-old girl.
(b) A 36-year-old man.
(c) A young nun.
(d) An old man.

9. What does Bernarda believe was the beginning of her downfall?
(a) Her arrival in New Grenada.
(b) Giving birth to Sierva.
(c) Her marriage to the Marquis.
(d) Her affair with Judas.

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

11. In what modern country is the next scene set?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Portugal.
(d) Mexico.

12. What do the fireworks remind Bernarda and Ygnacio about?
(a) The death of Ygnacio's first wife.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Their wedding day.
(d) Sierva's birthday.

13. What does Ygnacio's father forbid?
(a) He forbids Olivia from eating.
(b) He forbids Ygnacio to marry Dulce Olivia.
(c) He forbids going to church.
(d) He forbids Ygnacio from dancing and singing.

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

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