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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Bernarda and Ygnacio marry?
(a) They do not want to grow old alone.
(b) Ygnacio will lose his inheritance if he does not marry.
(c) Bernarda purposefully becomes pregnant.
(d) Bernarda admits she loves him.

2. What does Sierva predict during her first encounter with Cayetano?
(a) She will never be free again.
(b) She will be released soon.
(c) She will die soon.
(d) The Bishop will take her away.

3. How does Cayetano, in chapter three, win Sierva's trust?
(a) He brings the girl fresh fruit.
(b) He helps her bathe.
(c) He brushes the girl's hair.
(d) He buys the girl fresh pastries.

4. According to the Bishop's document, what is some information that points to Sierva's assured possession?
(a) She has strange marks on her body.
(b) She can converse with the wildlife around her.
(c) She has blasphemously long hair.
(d) She speaks in African languages and stays with the slaves.

5. How did Judas and Bernarda meet?
(a) He is sent to entrap her in marriage.
(b) He buys her a drink.
(c) She accidentally runs her horse into his.
(d) She buys him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How the Viceroy and his wife changed Sierva's cell?

2. How does Sierva act around the nuns when people start claiming she is center of all evil in the convent?

3. When the Abbess drags Sierva away from the slave quarters in chapter three, how does Sierva react?

4. According to the Bishop, what is the main problem with maintaining faith in the New World?

5. How does Sierva view her impersonations of demons?

(see the answer key)

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