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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: The Chinese Moon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Connie reveals in Chapter 1 that before her father was in the government, he committed which action that she considers immoral?
(a) He was a compulsive gambler.
(b) He robbed banks.
(c) He was a slum lord.
(d) He performed abortions.

2. In what location do Pepe, Rita, and Father Tony find Concha talking to Helen in Chapter 3: La Vidal?
(a) At the auto repair shop.
(b) At the local bookstore.
(c) At the cafe.
(d) At St. Rita's Art Shop.

3. For how many years did Concha stay away from her family in favor of being with Macho?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

4. What promise does Pepe exact from Connie when he agrees to take her to Rita's place and to talk to Macho on her behalf?
(a) That she will see a massage therapist the following day.
(b) That she will see a friar the following day.
(c) That she will see a psychiatrist the following day.
(d) That she will see an attorney the following day.

5. Connie tells Pepe that by the time she reached what age, "she had become indifferent" (4) to her physical abnormality?
(a) Twenties.
(b) Middle age.
(c) School age.
(d) Adolescence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What form of physical punishment did Connie receive at the hands of her mother Concha in the first carnival flashback?

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?

3. How old was Concha when she met her first husband?

4. What is the name of the shop co-owned by Rita and her business partner Helen?

5. What does Connie do at the end of Chapter 4: The Chinese Moon that appears to prove fatal?

(see the answer key)

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