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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Doctor Monson.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feeling does Connie describe coming over her when she thinks about being "related to nothing and to no one" (200)?
(a) Peace.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Fear.

2. Which of the four elements is used as a metaphor for the burial of the mother-daughter relationship between Connie and Concha?
(a) Fire.
(b) Air.
(c) Earth.
(d) Water.

3. How old was Paco when his father died, causing Paco to hardly remember the appearance of his father's face?
(a) 9.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 21.

4. To which symbolic object does Pepe refer when he illustrates to Connie the illusory nature of the peace she describes?
(a) The stone staircase.
(b) The doll.
(c) The Jaguar.
(d) The cliff.

5. To what location is Kikay driving at the beginning of Chapter 5: Doctor Monson?
(a) An airport.
(b) A train station.
(c) A cafe.
(d) A hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what transgression did Connie get physically punished in the first carnival flashback of the chapter?

2. In what month of the year did Concha meet her first husband?

3. Pepe tells Connie that it is "very, very wrong to give up one's" (201) what?

4. Who delivered the fatal shot to Macho's body?

5. Which character nosily asks Helen the exact date of her wedding when Helen announces her recent engagement?

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