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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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) Paco and Connie.
(c) Connie and Macho.
(d) Connie and the Senora de Vidal.

6. What is NOT a comment used to describe Connie as she draws a crowd on the dance floor at the Tovrich?
(a) She has a haughty look.
(b) Her young eyes are bright and untroubled. 89
(c) Her hair is swinging.
(d) Her head is tossed back.

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

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

9. What two items did Connie throw into the pond as a young girl before lying to her family about being robbed?
(a) A watch and a necklace.
(b) A doll and a pair of earrings.
(c) A key and a doll.
(d) A bracelet and a doll.

10. 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) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

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

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

13. Connie announces that Pepe must take her away from what location when she finds out that Macho is nearby?
(a) The bar.
(b) The restaurant.
(c) Her hotel.
(d) Hong Kong.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The woman named Concha is the mother of which character?

2. In what country does the novel The Woman Who Had Two Navels take place?

3. Which character is described as having been "an imperious chieftain" to "that little group of child exiles who had grown up together on the Hong Kong streets" (78)?

4. Connie says that when which character told her that Macho wanted to marry her, she had been "so relieved, so grateful" (95)?

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

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