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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: La Vidal.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What verb does the narrator use to describe the way Connie is sitting at a table on the balcony when Pepe approaches?
(a) Crouch.
(b) Lean.
(c) Slump.
(d) Perch.

2. In Connie's story about her childhood, she states that she dreamt of what kind of fish eating her doll the night the doll was lost to her forever?
(a) A koi fish.
(b) A betta fish.
(c) A catfish.
(d) A goldfish.

3. Connie tells Pepe that how many months have transpired since she found evidence that Pepe and her mother, Senora de Vidal, are lovers?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

4. For how many weeks did Connie go missing in her adolescence the time she was found working in a chop suey restaurant?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 6.

5. Pepe's family used to own a famous house in Binondo, one of the oldest parts of which city?
(a) Manila.
(b) Quito.
(c) Fresno.
(d) Kowloon.

Short Answer Questions

1. The woman named Concha is the mother of which character?

2. Which character is described as having been "an imperious chieftain" to "that little group of child exiles who had grown up together on the Hong Kong streets" (78)?

3. What is the last name of the man named Paco, with whom Connie is carrying on an extramarital affair?

4. Rita tells Helen at the start of Chapter 2: Macho that she will be dining out with Pepe and which two other characters?

5. With whom did Paco have an affair before having an affair with Connie?

(see the answer key)

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