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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Pepe recalls his father's continual assertion that "The house of our" what "is waiting for us to come home" (15)?
2. What is the name of the shop co-owned by Rita and her business partner Helen?
3. Paco recalls that the only thing about the Phiippines he recalls his father telling him was about what natural feature?
4. Pepe's family used to own a famous house in Binondo, one of the oldest parts of which city?
5. When Pepe goes to the balcony to speak to a particular character, Rita says that she will go home if Pepe is not back within how many minutes?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is an azotea and what is its significance to the narrative of The Woman Who Had Two Navels?
2. Name three pieces of information the reader learns about Paco when the narrator provides his perspective at the end of Chapter 1: Paco.
3. What proof does Connie provide to back up her claims about Macho's other lover?
4. What explanation does Connie give for her decision to race her Jaguar to the precipice of a steep cliff in Chapter 2: Macho?
5. What connection exists between Pepe and Concha, as revealed in Chapter 1: Paco?
6. Who is Helen?
7. What does Connie say when Pepe asks her how old she is and whether she is married or not?
8. What fairly recent event does Pepe see as the one that transformed his father's personality?
9. Whose narrative perspective is provided within the opening of the novel The Woman Who Had Two Navels?
10. In what way is the theme of family bonds treated differently in Chapter 2: Macho than in Chapter 1: Paco and what is the significance of this complication?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In what ways does Joaquin use the motif of dreams and hallucinations in The Woman Who Had Two Navels to help achieve some of the goals he has in mind for the text?
Essay Topic 2
Trace the characterization arc of Connie throughout the novel and discuss her character's connection to a major theme within the text.
Essay Topic 3
How is the theme of desire portrayed in The Woman With Two Navels? Examine Joaquin's treatment of and messages regarding desire throughout the book.
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