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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: Paco .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children do Paco and his wife Mary have together?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. What position does the man hold who is having an affair with Connie?
(a) Mayor.
(b) Artist.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Bandleader.

3. Pepe recalls his father's continual assertion that "The house of our" what "is waiting for us to come home" (15)?
(a) Fathers.
(b) History.
(c) Spirits.
(d) Descendants.

4. In what country does the novel The Woman Who Had Two Navels take place?
(a) France.
(b) Hong Kong.
(c) Indonesia.
(d) The Philippines.

5. Paco is part Filipino and part what other nationality, according to the narrator of Chapter 1: Paco?
(a) Mexican.
(b) Portuguese.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Peruvian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Connie is described by Pepe as being wrapped in what color of furs?

2. Which member of Pepe's family "has been quietly going to pieces" (26) since taking a trip to Manila?

3. What adjective does Pepe use to describe Connie's eyes when she tells him her age?

4. What precious stones make up the necklace Connie wears to her first meeting with Pepe?

5. For how many weeks did Connie go missing in her adolescence the time she was found working in a chop suey restaurant?

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