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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What forbidden activity is used to celebrate the arrival of the Viceroy?
(a) Singing.
(b) Dances.
(c) Carnivale.
(d) Fire walking.

2. When the Abbess drags Sierva away from the slave quarters in chapter three, how does Sierva react?
(a) She defecates herself.
(b) She screams obscenities at all the passing nuns.
(c) She urinates on herself.
(d) She faints.

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

4. In chapter three, where does the Abbess first find Sierva in the convent?
(a) The classrooms.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The Abbess's office.
(d) The slave quarters.

5. How does Cayetano react to the Abbess's attempted hysteria when he first meets Sierva?
(a) He sympathizes with the Abbess and turns all of his attention to her.
(b) He calms the nun down and makes her tea.
(c) He encourages the nun.
(d) He tells the nun to calm down and leave.

6. In what state is Cayetano over Sierva during the Viceroy's visit?
(a) He is exhausted from trying to help her.
(b) He despairs of her heresy.
(c) He feels disgusted by her.
(d) He is obsessed with her.

7. At the end of the chapter three, what is Cayetano reading in regards to Sierva?
(a) Books on African folklore.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Love poems.
(d) Books on exorcism.

8. In Cayetano's dream, what is Sierva eating?
(a) Grapes.
(b) Fish.
(c) Oranges.
(d) Meat.

9. How does the Abbess feel about the Bishop?
(a) She trusts him.
(b) She likes him but does not respect him.
(c) She is in love with him.
(d) She resents him.

10. How does Cayetano react to Sierva's violent fit at the end of chapter four?
(a) He becomes sick.
(b) He grows sad.
(c) He grows angry.
(d) He becomes aroused.

11. When Cayetano first meets Sierva, how is the girl being restrained?
(a) Sierva is tied to a cross.
(b) Sierva is chained to the wall.
(c) Sierva is tied down on a stone bed.
(d) Straitjacket.

12. What information does Cayetano give to the Bishop after the natural event of chapter four?
(a) He says that Sierva is being abused.
(b) He says that Sierva is possessed.
(c) He says that Sierva is manipulating everyone into believing she is possessed.
(d) He says that Sierva is not possessed.

13. What is striking about Sierva's dream as she relates it to Cayetano?
(a) He had the same dream before meeting her.
(b) He was featured in the dream as Sierva's lover.
(c) The Bishop had the exact same dream a few nights earlier.
(d) He wrote a story that sounds a lot like her dream.

14. Who in the convent is separated completely from the outside world?
(a) The nuns.
(b) The prisoners.
(c) The novices.
(d) The slaves.

15. In chapter four, what does Bernarda choose to do?
(a) Abandon her family for drugs.
(b) Force the Bishop to release her daughter.
(c) Abandons her drug use for her family.
(d) Start an affair with Cayetano.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does Sierva befriend when she first comes to the convent?

3. What fictional character is associated with the book that Dr. Abrenuncio gives to Cayetano?

4. Who recognizes Sierva's jewelry upon the girl's arrival to the convent?

5. How does Cayetano learn about the demons that he believes are controlling Sierva in Chapter 3?

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