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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 one navel.
(b) The desire to have two navels.
(c) The desire to get divorced from Macho.
(d) The desire to be older.

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

3. In what city did Concha and her first husband meet for the first time?
(a) Dublin.
(b) Bangkok.
(c) New York City.
(d) Manila.

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

5. 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.

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

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

8. How old is Connie in the second carnival flashback within Chapter 4: The Chinese Moon?
(a) 8.
(b) 14.
(c) 5.
(d) 11.

9. For how many years did Concha stay away from her family in favor of being with Macho?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

10. For what length of time does Pepe wait for Connie to rap her knuckles against an object and let him know she is ready?
(a) A few minutes.
(b) A few milliseconds.
(c) A long time.
(d) A short time.

11. Concha accuses Connie of pursuing which character during her childhood?
(a) Macho.
(b) Paco.
(c) Father Tony.
(d) Carlo.

12. For what transgression did Connie get physically punished in the first carnival flashback of the chapter?
(a) Lying.
(b) Throwing her doll on the ground.
(c) Stealing.
(d) Throwing her doll at Biliken.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What preposition does Connie use in relation to sensing "the darkness" and how it will soon be "exploding into flames" (273)?

2. To which symbolic object does Pepe refer when he illustrates to Connie the illusory nature of the peace she describes?

3. Rita asks Pepe in Chapter 3: La Vidal whether he had ever wanted to inhabit which position?

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

5. What action does Connie ask Pepe and Father Tony to take in the final scene of Chapter 3: La Vidal?

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