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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When she first meets the Abbess, how does Sierva behave?
(a) She acts violently and refuses to speak.
(b) She is very respectful to the Abbess.
(c) She faints.
(d) She screams blasphemous phrases.

2. Where does the Viceroy stay when he comes to New Grenada?
(a) The Marquis's mansion.
(b) The fanciest inn.
(c) The convent.
(d) The Bishop's palace.

3. Who recognizes Sierva's jewelry upon the girl's arrival to the convent?
(a) The cook.
(b) The slave women.
(c) The novices from Africa.
(d) The seamstress.

4. What does the Viceroy believe about Sierva?
(a) He believes that she is dying.
(b) He believes that she is the illegitimate daughter of the Bishop.
(c) He believes she is indeed possessed.
(d) He does not believe the girl is possessed.

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

6. What is the result of Cayetano staring into the sun for too long in the beginning of chapter four?
(a) He can still see, but has no depth perception.
(b) He can no longer see color in one eye.
(c) He still sees eclipse out of one eye.
(d) He is blind in one eye.

7. While writing love poems to Sierva, what memory seizes Cayetano?
(a) He remembers a woman he loved who died tragically.
(b) He remembers going to jail at 17-years-old, which led to becoming a priest.
(c) He remembers the Rector throwing away a treasured book.
(d) He remembers being Sierva's age and being beaten by his father.

8. Whom does Sierva befriend when she first comes to the convent?
(a) The slave women.
(b) The cook.
(c) The novices from Africa.
(d) The seamstress.

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

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

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

12. What realization does Bernarda make in chapter four?
(a) She has abused Sierva.
(b) She is dying soon.
(c) Sierva is gone.
(d) She loves her daughter.

13. How does Sierva act around the nuns when people start claiming she is center of all evil in the convent?
(a) She prays at all hours in hopes that everyone notices her piety.
(b) She pretends that the demons are forcing her to hurt herself.
(c) She pretends to speak in demonic voices.
(d) She protests her innocence.

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

15. At the end of chapter four, what does Sierva refuse to do?
(a) Visit with her mother.
(b) Visit with her father.
(c) Visit with Dr. Abrenuncio.
(d) Visit with Cayetano.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in the convent is separated completely from the outside world?

2. How does Cayetano react to Sierva's violent fit at the end of chapter four?

3. What kind of jewelry is Sierva wearing when she arrives at the convent?

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

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

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