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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 friar the following day.
(b) That she will see a massage therapist the following day.
(c) That she will see a psychiatrist the following day.
(d) That she will see an attorney the following day.

2. When Pepe shows up at Rita's place and leaves Connie outside the door, Rita thinks that he is there to take what action?
(a) To do his laundry.
(b) To apologize.
(c) To propose to her.
(d) To make love to her.

3. The waiter at the Tovarich tells Pepe that which character is waiting to speak with him on the balcony?
(a) Connie.
(b) Macho.
(c) Mary.
(d) Rita.

4. As Connie and Pepe are "racing up a peak in an open car," Pepe yells "Stop it!" (90) a total of how many times before she stops?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

5. Connie says that when which character told her that Macho wanted to marry her, she had been "so relieved, so grateful" (95)?
(a) Macho.
(b) Paco.
(c) Mary.
(d) Senora de Vidal.

6. When Pepe returns to the balcony to meet Connie and finds her missing, where does he eventually locate her?
(a) In the coat check room.
(b) Behind the bar.
(c) In the alley.
(d) On the dance floor.

7. Connie is described by Pepe as being wrapped in what color of furs?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Brown.
(d) Red.

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

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

10. Paco recalls that the only thing about the Phiippines he recalls his father telling him was about what natural feature?
(a) Lakes.
(b) Mountains.
(c) Rivers.
(d) Valleys.

11. Connie claims to have discovered that other people only had one navel when she was how many years old?
(a) 7.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

12. What event led to the destruction of the famous house about which Pepe had always heard?
(a) War.
(b) Gentrification.
(c) Monsoon.
(d) Earthquake.

13. Which member of Pepe's family "has been quietly going to pieces" (26) since taking a trip to Manila?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His brother.
(d) His father.

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

15. What kind of brat does Pepe call Connie during their encounter at the Tovarich?
(a) Spoiled.
(b) Terrible.
(c) Unendurable.
(d) Sociopathic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The reader discovers that Connie's true age is different from the age she told Pepe. What is her true age?

3. What did Connie used to call her doll when she was a young girl?

4. What kind of establishment is the Tovarich, where Mary, Rita, Paco, and Pepe go together in Chapter 2: Macho?

5. What is the first name of Connie's husband?

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