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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Connie's father's name?
(a) Paco.
(b) Carlo.
(c) Macho.
(d) Manolo.

3. How does Pepe respond to Rita's question about whether he had ever wanted to work in a certain field?
(a) He remains silent.
(b) He sighs and leaves the room.
(c) He says no.
(d) He says yes.

4. What does Macho ask Connie to do when he appears near her as she travels away from Kowloon in a dream sequence?
(a) To never speak to him again.
(b) To have his child.
(c) To marry him again.
(d) To run away with him.

5. What desire does Connie claim to have lost by the time the final scene of Chapter 3: La Vidal rolls around?
(a) The desire to have two navels.
(b) The desire to have one navel.
(c) The desire to get divorced from Macho.
(d) The desire to be older.

6. Kikay Valero is known throughout what location for having a vast pool of acquaintances in the region?
(a) Manila.
(b) Binondo.
(c) Macondo.
(d) Hong Kong.

7. What is Connie's reaction to Macho's dream sequence question about whether she is pregnant with his child?
(a) She screams.
(b) She cries.
(c) She laughs.
(d) She runs away.

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

9. What sort of transportation is featured within the dream sequence that includes Connie and Father Tony?
(a) A car.
(b) A ship.
(c) A boat.
(d) A plane.

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

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

12. To what type of drug does Pepe compare Connie's false sense of peace associated with her delusion of having two navels?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Amphetamine.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Opium.

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

14. 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 St. Rita's Art Shop.
(c) At the local bookstore.
(d) At the auto repair shop.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what transgression did Connie get physically punished in the first carnival flashback of the chapter?

2. Father Tony says that he regrets taking what action during his last encounter with Connie?

3. When Chapter 3: Vidal opens, Hong Kong is preparing for a dual celebration involving a particular holiday and what lunar event?

4. During the dream seqence between Connie and Father Tony, Father Tony tells Connie to renounce what?

5. The evening after Connie threw her doll Minnie and her bracelet into the pond, where did her doll reappear?

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