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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) Sierva's birthday.
(b) Their wedding day.
(c) Christmas.
(d) The death of Ygnacio's first wife.

2. What is Don Ygnacio's title?
(a) Bishop.
(b) Duke.
(c) Prince.
(d) Marquis.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal stays behind while the others run off on the estate of Ygnacio's father?

2. What have the drugs done to Bernarda Cabrera?

3. How does Judas die?

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

5. What instrument does Ygnacio play for Sierva?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sort of man does Don Ygnacio appear to be in Chapter 1?

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

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

4. Describe Ygnacio as a youth.

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

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

7. What happens to Sierva while in the marketplace?

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

9. Why does Olivia escape from the madhouse and what is the result?

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

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