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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Tongue and The First Body.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Carriscant have when he returns to Manila?
(a) A degree in law from Harvard.
(b) A wife and a child.
(c) A degree in philosophy from Oxford.
(d) A then-modern understanding of surgery.

2. Who is Eric Meyersen?
(a) Kay's best friend's husband.
(b) A detective.
(c) Kay's ex-business partner.
(d) Kay's brother.

3. What happened to Kay about the same time that Philip begins his drinking habit?
(a) Graduate school rejection.
(b) Miscarriage.
(c) Theft of her design.
(d) Deep and prolonged depression.

4. What is the year when the novel opens?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1919.

5. How does Cruz view Carriscant professionally?
(a) As a bribe taker.
(b) As a dangerous radical.
(c) As an incompetent bungler.
(d) As a very competent surgeon.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Kay use a scalpel?

2. What nationality is Carriscant's mother?

3. What does Philip say about Kay since they divorced?

4. What motivates Kay to accompany Carriscant to Europe?

5. During what time does the United States colonize the Philippine Islands?

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