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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 does Ygnacio's father forbid?
(a) He forbids going to church.
(b) He forbids Olivia from eating.
(c) He forbids Ygnacio from dancing and singing.
(d) He forbids Ygnacio to marry Dulce Olivia.

2. Why does Sierva lie to the doctor?
(a) She does not want the doctor to know she was bitten badly.
(b) She does not want the doctor to know that she lied about the bite.
(c) She does not trust the doctor not to send her away.
(d) She picked it up from the slaves when they use it as a survival tactic.

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

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

5. How did the twelve-year-old girl from the legend die?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Rabies.
(d) Cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what continent do Sierva's language skills come from?

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

3. What does the Bishop tell the Marquis about his daughter?

4. What was Bernarda Cabrera's position before she and Ygnacio married?

5. Why do Bernarda and Ygnacio marry?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Dr. Abrenuncio believe about Sierva and her brush with rabies and what treatment does he recommend?

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

4. Describe Bernarda's relationship with Judas.

5. Describe Ygnacio as a youth.

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

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

8. What happens to Sierva while in the marketplace?

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

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

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