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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 bites Sierva in the marketplace?
(a) A person.
(b) A dog.
(c) A cat.
(d) A monkey.

2. How does Judas die?
(a) Drowns.
(b) Beaten to death in a bar fight.
(c) Murdered for his drugs.
(d) Drug overdose.

3. After the death of his wife, why does Ygnacio keep his dogs near?
(a) He is afraid to be alone.
(b) He believes they are the only things that love him.
(c) They comfort him, as his wife loved the dogs.
(d) He is afraid of the slaves.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What action takes place that has the Bishop stepping in to check on Sierva?

2. What have the drugs done to Bernarda Cabrera?

3. Who blesses the marriage of Bernarda and Ygnacio?

4. Why do Bernarda and Ygnacio marry?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens to Sierva while in the marketplace?

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

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

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

8. What condition does the beginning of the book find Bernarda in and why?

9. Describe Bernarda's relationship with Judas.

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

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