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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. 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 protests her innocence.
(c) She pretends that the demons are forcing her to hurt herself.
(d) She pretends to speak in demonic voices.

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

3. What is the new Viceroy's name?
(a) Don Pedro de Buen Lozano.
(b) Don Roberto du Bueno.
(c) Don Rodrigo de Buen Lozano.
(d) Don Roberto de Buen Lozagos.

4. What book does Dr. Abrenuncio show Cayetano?
(a) The book that Cayetano tried to give Sierva.
(b) The book that was taken away from the priest while at school
(c) A book on atheism.
(d) Shakespeare.

5. Where in the convent is Sierva initially kept?
(a) The seamstress's office.
(b) The Abbess's room.
(c) The slave quarters.
(d) The jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Cayetano's dream, what is Sierva eating?

2. At the end of chapter four, what does Sierva refuse to do?

3. What natural event opens chapter four?

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

5. During her violent fit in chapter three, what does Sierva inadvertently destroy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What evidence does the Bishop present that argue for Sierva being possessed?

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

3. What does the Bishop claim about maintaining faith to the Viceroy?

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

5. How do Cayetano and Dr. Abrenuncio bond?

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

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

8. Why does Chapter 4 end with Cayetano whipping himself?

9. How does Cayetano gain Sierva's trust?

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

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