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

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

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

4. Where does Bernarda go after Judas's death?
(a) The Mahates sugar plantation.
(b) France.
(c) The Marquis's summer cottage in Colombia.
(d) Argentina.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do Bernarda and Ygnacio marry?

3. How did Judas and Bernarda meet?

4. What date does Dr. Abrenuncio give for Bernarda's death?

5. Why does the doctor doubt that Sierva has rabies?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Sierva prefer to live in the slave quarters instead of the mansion?

3. How does Bernarda spend her time on the sugar plantation and in what condition does she return?

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

5. Describe Bernarda and Ygnacio's relationship with Sierva.

6. What is the connection between the skull found in the crypts of the convent and the author's memories of a legend?

7. Describe the character of the Bishop.

8. What treatments does Sierva receive in her father's effort to cure her "madness?"

9. How does Sierva's relationship with her father improve in Chapter 2?

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

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