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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) Brilliant.
(b) Smart, but unfocused.
(c) Mentally retarded.
(d) Too much of a wanderer to settle down.

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

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

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

5. Who supervises Sierva at the end of chapter one?
(a) Bernarda.
(b) Sagunta.
(c) Dominga.
(d) Caridad del Cobre.

6. Who is Judas Iscariote?
(a) Bernarda's brother.
(b) Bernarda's former lover.
(c) Dr. Abrenuncio's patient.
(d) The slave that raises Sierva.

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

8. What was Bernarda Cabrera's position before she and Ygnacio married?
(a) Businesswoman.
(b) Slave.
(c) Prostitute.
(d) Dressmaker.

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

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

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

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

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

14. How does the Marquis learn to read and write?
(a) He simply picked up a book and figured it out.
(b) He watches from outside a classroom window while a teacher goes through the alphabet.
(c) He reads the Bible.
(d) He communicates with the mad woman next door.

15. Why do Bernarda and Ygnacio marry?
(a) Ygnacio will lose his inheritance if he does not marry.
(b) They do not want to grow old alone.
(c) Bernarda admits she loves him.
(d) Bernarda purposefully becomes pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who reminds Don Ygnacio about the animal biting Sierva?

2. How does Bernarda feel about Sierva?

3. How old is Sierva?

4. What does Ygnacio's father forbid?

5. What do the fireworks remind Bernarda and Ygnacio about?

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