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

2. What document does the Bishop use as evidence of Sierva's demonic possession?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Koran.
(c) The Acta.
(d) A book on African demons.

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

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

5. When Cayetano is sent to see Sierva in chapter four, how is she dressed?
(a) Fine clothes and jewels.
(b) As a nun.
(c) In rags.
(d) In boy's clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Viceroy stay when he comes to New Grenada?

2. How does Cayetano, in chapter three, win Sierva's trust?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the convent.

2. What happens to Cayetano during the eclipse?

3. How does Cayetano begin to feel about Sierva at the end of Chapter 3?

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

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

6. How does Sierva react when she is first introduced to the Abbess?

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

8. What is significant about the book Cayetano speaks of to Dr. Abrenuncio?

9. What are Dr. Abrenuncio's views on the Holy Office and exorcisms?

10. Describe the centuries-old conflict between the convent and the Bishop.

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