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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is miraculous about Father Tomas de Aquino?
(a) He does not believe in exorcisms.
(b) He can release Sierva.
(c) He believes that Sierva is possessed but does not need an exorcism.
(d) He understands the African ways and is kind to Sierva.

2. How does Sierva view her impersonations of demons?
(a) It is a necessary lie.
(b) It is what she feels that is truly happening to her.
(c) It is how she copes with her imprisonment.
(d) It is a funny game.

3. What realization do the doctor and priest have about Sierva?
(a) She is probably possessed.
(b) She is manipulating everyone in order to escape her family.
(c) She will likely commit suicide.
(d) They cannot save her from the Church.

4. Why does Sierva lie to the doctor?
(a) She does not want the doctor to know she was bitten badly.
(b) She does not trust the doctor not to send her away.
(c) She picked it up from the slaves when they use it as a survival tactic.
(d) She does not want the doctor to know that she lied about the bite.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the convent not allowed to cut Sierva's hair?

2. How old is Sierva?

3. What have the drugs done to Bernarda Cabrera?

4. What document does the Bishop use as evidence of Sierva's demonic possession?

5. What forbidden activity is used to celebrate the arrival of the Viceroy?

(see the answer key)

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