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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old is Father Cayetano?
(a) Thirty-six.
(b) Twenty-six.
(c) Forty-six.
(d) Fifty-six.

3. In chapter three, what causes Sierva to become violently hysterical?
(a) The nuns try to clean her self-inflicted wounds.
(b) The nuns try to steal her necklaces.
(c) The nuns try to cut her hair.
(d) The Bishop attempts to perform an exorcism.

4. How does Cayetano learn about the demons that he believes are controlling Sierva in Chapter 3?
(a) He reads about them in the Bishop's library.
(b) He listens to gossip on the streets.
(c) He reads about African culture.
(d) He listens to the slaves' stories.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What request does the Abbess make to the Bishop in regards to Sierva?

3. In chapter three, where does the Abbess first find Sierva in the convent?

4. In the Viceroy's painting, what is surrounding Sierva?

5. How does the Abbess feel about the Bishop?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Abbess complain about to the Bishop in Chapter 4?

2. How do Cayetano and Dr. Abrenuncio bond?

3. What memory is brought back for Cayetano while writing love poems in Chapter 4?

4. What leads to Cayetano promising Sierva to free her in Chapter 4?

5. How does Cayetano gain Sierva's trust?

6. Why does Bernarda run away from the mansion in Chapter 4?

7. How is Sierva comforted by the slave women in the convent?

8. What is Father Cayetano's dream in chapter three?

9. Why does the Vicereine take an interest in Sierva's fate?

10. How does the Abbess treat Sierva in Cayetano's presence?

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