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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ygnacio's wife die?

2. How does the Marquis learn to read and write?

3. How does Bernarda know Ygnacio before they got married?

4. What bites Sierva in the marketplace?

5. Where does the next scene of chapter one take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sierva prefer to live in the slave quarters instead of the mansion?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Sierva lie to Dr. Abrenuncio?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dr. Abrenuncio and Father Cayetano are the two most highly educated men in New Grenada. Citing specific examples from the text, discuss these two characters, including the following:

- Their differing backgrounds of science and faith.

- Their perceptions of each other, before and after they meet.

- Their concern over Sierva's fate.

- The possibilities of faith and science coming together, as exemplified by these two characters.

Essay Topic 2

Citing specific examples from the text, write an essay examining Martina, including the following:

- Her personality and characteristics.

- The symbolism of a murderer displaying a Christian attitude. Part

- Why a sympathetic character such as Martina would have murdered nuns.

- The author's intent with the character of Martina.

Essay Topic 3

Citing specific examples from the text, write an essay discussing one of the following:

- Bernarda as a symbol of New Grenada's decay.

- The use of dogs as objects of fear as opposed to faithful companions.

- Sierva's Santeria jewelry and their representation of a non-biased person.

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