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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) Paco.
(b) The Senor de Vidal.
(c) Macho.
(d) The Senora de Vidal.

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

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

4. The woman named Concha is the mother of which character?
(a) Pepe.
(b) Paco.
(c) Macho.
(d) Connie.

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

6. What is the name of Pepe's wife?
(a) Mary.
(b) Marianne.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Rita.

7. Pepe recalls his father's continual assertion that "The house of our" what "is waiting for us to come home" (15)?
(a) Fathers.
(b) History.
(c) Spirits.
(d) Descendants.

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

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

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

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

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

13. What is the first name of Connie's husband?
(a) Macho.
(b) Juan.
(c) Roberto.
(d) Paco.

14. When Connie finds evidence that Macho may have another lover, what form does that evidence take?
(a) Letters.
(b) Phone records.
(c) Emails.
(d) Phone numbers.

15. Pepe's father's favorite subject to talk about when Pepe was small was what body of water nearby the famous house his family used to own?
(a) A lake.
(b) A river.
(c) A brook.
(d) A creek.

Short Answer Questions

1. Connie announces that Pepe must take her away from what location when she finds out that Macho is nearby?

2. When Macho and Pepe first meet one another, Macho says that he has come to "fetch" which character "home before she causes any more talk" (121) to spoil her father's upcoming election?

3. How old was Macho when his father bought him a concubine?

4. What position does the man hold who is having an affair with Connie?

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

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