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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. Who do the women consider calling?
(a) The police.
(b) Their husbands.
(c) The army.
(d) Jack.

2. Who is Father de Leo talking to at the beginning of the scene?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A doctor.
(c) Assunta.
(d) Serafina.

3. What is Rosario's job?
(a) A dentist.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A bricklayer.
(d) A truck driver.

4. What does Miss Yorke want to get from the closet?
(a) Rosa's homework.
(b) A broom.
(c) Rosa's dress.
(d) A cushion.

5. How does Serafina think her daughter has hurt herself?
(a) Slit her wrists.
(b) Sliced her eye.
(c) Slit her throat.
(d) Stabbed her knee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosa say she is ashamed of?

2. How did Rosario die?

3. What part of her body does Serafina clutch?

4. What does Miss Yorke ask for?

5. What does Serafina want someone to take away from Rosa?

Short Essay Questions

1. What mistake does Alvaro make when protesting against being a flirt?

2. How did Rosario die?

3. Why can Rosa still graduate despite the fact she had not attended any exams?

4. How does Assunta comfort Serafina?

5. Why does the doctor not see a problem with Serafina's cremating Rosario's body?

6. What does Flora tell Serafina about Rosario?

7. Why does Serafina have to go outside for some air?

8. Why does Serafina not want Bessie and Flora to bother her?

9. Why is Rosa so sad?

10. How did Serafina know she had conceived?

(see the answer keys)

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