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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Father Tony tells Connie within his dream sequence that Connie must take what action in regard to her sins?
(a) Forget them.
(b) Absolve them.
(c) Confess them.
(d) Inscribe them on her skin.

2. Which character is implied to have fished Connie's doll Minnie out of the pond in order to place it somewhere she would find it?
(a) Carlo.
(b) Manolo.
(c) Paco.
(d) Concha.

3. In the first carnival flashback of the chapter, Connie's father tells her that there would be no what without the god called Biliken?
(a) Life.
(b) Love.
(c) Time.
(d) Carnival.

4. Concha accuses Connie in a dream sequence of always trying to take what action in response to "any joy [she] may have had" (238)?
(a) Removing it.
(b) Outdoing it.
(c) Stealing it.
(d) Defiling it.

5. What verb does Concha use within her dream sequence to describe her method of raising Connie?
(a) Grieving.
(b) Creating.
(c) Pretending.
(d) Erasing.

6. Whose perspective does the narrator provide when Chapter 3: La Vidal opens?
(a) Rita's.
(b) Father Tony's.
(c) Paco's.
(d) Pepe's.

7. Pepe tells Connie to rap her knuckles against what object when she is ready for him to enter the room and examine her?
(a) The door.
(b) The window.
(c) The headboard.
(d) The bookcase.

8. Pepe directs Connie to his bedroom at the end of Chapter 3: La Vidal when she asks where she can take what action?
(a) Disrobe.
(b) Pray.
(c) Use the restroom.
(d) Meditate.

9. The narrator states that the day after Connie met which character, she had a delusion about Biliken?
(a) Paco.
(b) Rita.
(c) Macho.
(d) Mary.

10. Concha tells Connie within their shared dream sequence in Chapter 4: The Chinese Moon that she is "throwing herself on" (238) which character?
(a) Pepe.
(b) Mary.
(c) Macho.
(d) Paco.

11. Which character ultimately gives Father Tony a ride to Kikay Valero's house in Chapter 3: La Vidal?
(a) Paco.
(b) Pepe.
(c) Concha.
(d) Macho.

12. In what month of the year did Concha meet her first husband?
(a) August.
(b) April.
(c) November.
(d) January.

13. Which of the four elements is used as a metaphor for the burial of the mother-daughter relationship between Connie and Concha?
(a) Fire.
(b) Earth.
(c) Air.
(d) Water.

14. To which symbolic object does Pepe refer when he illustrates to Connie the illusory nature of the peace she describes?
(a) The cliff.
(b) The doll.
(c) The Jaguar.
(d) The stone staircase.

15. During the dream seqence between Connie and Father Tony, Father Tony tells Connie to renounce what?
(a) Evil.
(b) Lust.
(c) Greed.
(d) Selfishness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sent Connie to live with a family member once Concha ran off with Macho?

2. Pepe and Father Tony urge Connie to talk to which character in the lengthy final scene of Chapter 3: La Vidal?

3. What does Macho ask Connie to do when he appears near her as she travels away from Kowloon in a dream sequence?

4. When Father Tony asks for a ride to Kikay Valero's house, Pepe replies that his car is in what location?

5. In what city did Concha and her first husband meet for the first time?

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