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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In chapter three, to whom does the Marquis turn when he realizes he wants to get Sierva out of the convent?
(a) Dr. Abrenuncio.
(b) The Bishop.
(c) Cayetano.
(d) The Abbess.

2. When the nuns steal Sierva's necklaces, what happens that forces the women to return the jewelry?
(a) One of the nuns breaks her neck on a low hanging candelabrum.
(b) Sierva grows sick.
(c) One of the nuns falls down the steps while running away.
(d) The Abbess catches them and forces the nuns to apologize.

3. What does Dulce Olivia say about the Marquis giving Sierva to the convent?
(a) She calls it a convenient way for the Marquis and Bernarda to start over with no children.
(b) She calls it a crime.
(c) She calls it the best thing the Marquis has ever done.
(d) She says that Sierva needed to be disciplined somehow.

4. During her violent fit in chapter three, what does Sierva inadvertently destroy?
(a) The candles.
(b) The convent's crops.
(c) The convent's sacred cross.
(d) The convent's beehives.

5. How does Cayetano, in chapter three, force himself to focus on the preparations for the exorcism?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Self-flagellation.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Calisthenics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in the convent is Sierva initially kept?

2. Why are the slaves waiting in the harbor?

3. What information does Cayetano give to the Bishop after the natural event of chapter four?

4. What are Bernarda Cabrera's two drugs of choice?

5. Why is the animal that bit Sierva in the marketplace killed?

(see the answer key)

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