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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What beverage does Pepe consume while he waits for Connie to signal her readiness for him to enter the bedroom?
(a) Water.
(b) Soda.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Juice.

2. How old was Concha when she met her first husband?
(a) 15.
(b) 13.
(c) 24.
(d) 21.

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

4. In what decade did Concha meet her first husband for the first time?
(a) The 1930s.
(b) The 1920s.
(c) The 1910s.
(d) The 1900s.

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

6. Pepe tells Connie that it is "very, very wrong to give up one's" (201) what?
(a) Plan of attack.
(b) Money.
(c) Scruples.
(d) Freedom.

7. When Chapter 3: Vidal opens, Hong Kong is preparing for a dual celebration involving a particular holiday and what lunar event?
(a) A new moon.
(b) An eclipse.
(c) A quarter moon.
(d) A full moon.

8. What location is portrayed within the opening of Chapter 3: La Vidal?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) Malaysia.
(c) The Philippines.
(d) Taiwan.

9. To whom has Concha NOT apologized on her daughter Connie's behalf by the end of Chapter 3: La Vidal?
(a) Macho.
(b) Father Tony.
(c) Pepe.
(d) Rita.

10. In what location do Pepe, Rita, and Father Tony find Concha talking to Helen in Chapter 3: La Vidal?
(a) At the cafe.
(b) At the auto repair shop.
(c) At the local bookstore.
(d) At St. Rita's Art Shop.

11. The evening after Connie threw her doll Minnie and her bracelet into the pond, where did her doll reappear?
(a) In the tub.
(b) In the sink.
(c) In her stew.
(d) In her bed.

12. What preposition does Connie use in relation to sensing "the darkness" and how it will soon be "exploding into flames" (273)?
(a) Down.
(b) Under.
(c) Up.
(d) Out.

13. Pepe and Father Tony urge Connie to talk to which character in the lengthy final scene of Chapter 3: La Vidal?
(a) Macho.
(b) Concha.
(c) Rita.
(d) Paco.

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

15. What feeling does Connie describe coming over her when she thinks about being "related to nothing and to no one" (200)?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Fear.
(d) Peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Connie in the second carnival flashback within Chapter 4: The Chinese Moon?

2. Pepe tells Connie to rap her knuckles against what object when she is ready for him to enter the room and examine her?

3. Concha accuses Connie in a dream sequence of always trying to take what action in response to "any joy [she] may have had" (238)?

4. To what type of drug does Pepe compare Connie's false sense of peace associated with her delusion of having two navels?

5. How old was Connie when her family brought Biliken home to the orchard in their back garden?

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