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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 are the slaves sent to do towards the end of chapter one?
(a) Beg for money and food.
(b) Find herbs that are meant to cure Sierva.
(c) Gather up their animals to be sold.
(d) Find a doctor for Sierva.

2. What action takes place that has the Bishop stepping in to check on Sierva?
(a) Sierva attempts suicide.
(b) Sagunta, in an attempt to cure Sierva, ends up rolling around naked with the girl while covered in grease.
(c) Sagunta tries to replace all of Sierva's "tainted" blood.
(d) Sierva tries to run away and goes to the church for help.

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

4. What have the drugs done to Bernarda Cabrera?
(a) She is sick and bloated.
(b) She has lost most of her body fat and looks sickly.
(c) She has cancer.
(d) She has rabies.

5. Because of the doctor's visits, what is beginning to change in Sierva and Ygnacio's relationship?
(a) They begin to read together.
(b) Sierva resents her father more.
(c) Ygnacio stops communicating with his daughter.
(d) She is beginning to communicate with her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the bishop say the Marquis must do to save Sierva?

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

3. In what modern country is the next scene set?

4. What is strange about Dulce Olivia?

5. Who reminds Don Ygnacio about the animal biting Sierva?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Bernarda's relationship with Judas.

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

3. Why does Sierva lie to Dr. Abrenuncio?

4. Describe Ygnacio as a youth.

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the character of the Bishop.

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