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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What African name does Sierva take on for herself?
(a) Mandinga du Martia.
(b) Maria Dominga.
(c) Mary de la Santos.
(d) Maria Mandinga.

3. Who reminds Don Ygnacio about the animal biting Sierva?
(a) Dominga.
(b) Bernarda.
(c) Sagunta.
(d) The Abbess.

4. How does Bernarda know Ygnacio before they got married?
(a) Her father was the overseer to Ygnacio's family.
(b) Ygnacio was her client.
(c) She made dresses for his first wife.
(d) She held his business accounts.

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

6. Who tells Ygnacio that Sierva is going mad?
(a) Caridad del Cobre.
(b) Dominga.
(c) Sagunta.
(d) Dr. Abernuncio.

7. What is the station of the person raising Sierva?
(a) Marquis.
(b) Merchant.
(c) Slave,
(d) Farmer.

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

9. What animal stays behind while the others run off on the estate of Ygnacio's father?
(a) A pig.
(b) A horse.
(c) A sheep.
(d) A mastiff.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Bishop consider Dr. Abrenuncio?

2. Who is raising Sierva?

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

4. How does Bernarda bring back the Marquis's wealth?

5. What is unique about the skull?

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