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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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 brother.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) His uncle.

3. What kind of liar does Pepe call Connie when they run into one another on the balcony at the Tovarich?
(a) Practiced.
(b) Ridiculous.
(c) Masterful.
(d) Horrible.

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

5. The narrator rejoins Pepe and Connie how many hours after leaving them at the Tovarich together?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

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

7. What kind of musical number is the band playing when Pepe watches Connie dance at the Tovarich?
(a) Salsa.
(b) Boogie.
(c) Sonata.
(d) Waltz.

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

9. 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.

10. At what age did Connie run away from home for the first time, according to the Senora de Vidal?
(a) 15.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 11.

11. 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?
(a) A catfish.
(b) A betta fish.
(c) A koi fish.
(d) A goldfish.

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

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

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

15. Which member of the party at the Tovarich knows the bandleader Pete Alfonso?
(a) Rita.
(b) Mary.
(c) Pepe.
(d) Paco.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

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

3. When Pepe goes to the balcony to speak to a particular character, Rita says that she will go home if Pepe is not back within how many minutes?

4. 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?

5. Connie is described by Pepe as being wrapped in what color of furs?

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