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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Because of the doctor's visits, what is beginning to change in Sierva and Ygnacio's relationship?

2. What was the occupation of the Marquis's father?

3. What are the slaves sent to do towards the end of chapter one?

4. At the end of chapter two, what does the narrator state will happen to Sierva?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the friendship between Ygnacio and Dr. Abrenuncio begin?

2. Describe Ygnacio as a youth.

3. How is rabies treated by the citizens of New Grenada from the first chapter?

4. What happens to Sierva while in the marketplace?

5. How does Bernarda force the Marquis into marriage?

6. What is special about the tall slave girl brought into New Grenada from the ship?

7. Why does the Marquis give his daughter to the Holy Office?

8. Why does Sierva have a strong affinity for the African culture?

9. Why does Ygnacio's father object to his son marrying Dulce Olivia?

10. Why must the convent not cut Sierva's hair?

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