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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Pepe that Connie has been married for nearly a year and that Connie had lied to him?
(a) The Senora de Vidal.
(b) The Senor de Vidal.
(c) Macho.
(d) Paco.

2. Rita tells Helen at the start of Chapter 2: Macho that she will be dining out with Pepe and which two other characters?
(a) Mary and Paco.
(b) Connie and Macho.
(c) Connie and the Senora de Vidal.
(d) Paco and Connie.

3. What did Connie used to call her doll when she was a young girl?
(a) Minnie.
(b) Angela.
(c) Molly.
(d) Princess.

4. In what type of music is Paco most interested?
(a) Folk.
(b) Swing.
(c) Tribal.
(d) Jazz.

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

6. In what make of car are Connie and Pepe riding when they are portrayed as "racing up a peak in an open car, the fleeing road continually swering away so abruptly they seemed every moment about to spring into space, into the white night glittering beyond the sheer edge of the road, howing with wild wind" (90)?
(a) Bentley.
(b) Jaguar.
(c) Aston Martin.
(d) Lamborghini.

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

8. When the narrator rejoins Connie and Pepe in Chapter 1 some time after their departure from the Tovarich, in what color car are they "racing up the peak" (90)?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Aubergine.
(d) Black.

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

10. At what type of location do Paco and Pepe have a conversation near the end of Chapter 1: Paco?
(a) A park.
(b) A library.
(c) A school.
(d) A shooting range.

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

12. What is the name of the shop co-owned by Rita and her business partner Helen?
(a) Helenarita Art Shop.
(b) St. Helen's Art Shop.
(c) St. Rita's Art Shop.
(d) Grand Olde Art Shoppe.

13. How does Rita react when she finds out that Pepe is staying at the Tovarich to speak to Connie, rather than riding with Rita to their respective homes?
(a) She laughs.
(b) She tells him not to speak to her.
(c) She runs out of the room.
(d) She insists on staying as well.

14. What kind of establishment is the Tovarich, where Mary, Rita, Paco, and Pepe go together in Chapter 2: Macho?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) A nightclub.
(c) A cockfighting venue.
(d) A coffee shop.

15. What is the last name of the man named Paco, with whom Connie is carrying on an extramarital affair?
(a) Castanato.
(b) Taqueria.
(c) Texiera.
(d) Lexiero.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what material is the bundle of evidence bound that Connie considers proof of Macho's dalliance with her mother, Senora de Vidal?

2. What is the name of Pepe's wife?

3. What sort of doctor does Pepe Monson claim to be at the beginning of the chapter entitled "Paco"?

4. Which member of the party at the Tovarich knows the bandleader Pete Alfonso?

5. 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?

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