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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. From what continent do Sierva's language skills come from?
(a) Europe.
(b) North America.
(c) Asia.
(d) Africa.

2. Who is the narrator of this novel?
(a) The Bishop.
(b) Cayetano.
(c) Sierva.
(d) The author.

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

4. What does Don Ygnacio do for Sierva that she resents him for in chapter one?
(a) He gives her to Sagunta for a blessing.
(b) He takes her out of the slave quarters.
(c) He buys her a new dress.
(d) He sends her to church.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much is the beautiful slave bought for?

2. Where does Bernarda go after Judas's death?

3. Whom does Don Ygnacio meet on his way back from visiting a man with rabies?

4. What does Ygnacio refuse to do with his wife?

5. What bites Sierva in the marketplace?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ygnacio's first wife deal with her husband?

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

3. Why does Sierva lie to Dr. Abrenuncio?

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

5. How does Bernarda force the Marquis into marriage?

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

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

8. Describe Bernarda's relationship with Judas.

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

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

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