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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What action does Connie ask Pepe and Father Tony to take in the final scene of Chapter 3: La Vidal?
(a) To fix her a meal.
(b) To stop following her around.
(c) To stop worrying about her.
(d) To speak to Macho on her behalf.

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

4. Which way does Connie turn the wheel when she heads up the mountain road after reaching the monastery?
(a) Soft right.
(b) Hard left.
(c) Hard right.
(d) Soft left.

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

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

7. Rita asks Pepe in Chapter 3: La Vidal whether he had ever wanted to inhabit which position?
(a) Soldier.
(b) Bullfighter.
(c) Police officer.
(d) Firefighter.

8. Father Tony says that he regrets taking what action during his last encounter with Connie?
(a) Running away from her.
(b) Slapping her.
(c) Speaking sternly to her.
(d) Refusing to hear her confession.

9. In what position was Connie during her delusion about Biliken?
(a) Lying down.
(b) Standing.
(c) Sitting.
(d) Kneeling.

10. When Chapter 3: La Vidal opens, Hong Kong is preparing for a celebration of what holiday?
(a) Christmas Day.
(b) Easter.
(c) Independence Day.
(d) Chinese New Year.

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

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

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

14. Father Tony tells which character near the end of Chapter 3: La Vida that it is sinful to retreat from the world?
(a) Pepe.
(b) Connie.
(c) Macho.
(d) Concha.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What sort of weather is occurring in the dream sequence featuring Connie and Concha?

3. What did Concha's first husband do for a living when she first met him?

4. How many times does Connie shout the word "No" (221) the first time she turns the car away from the monastery in Chapter 4: The Chinese Moon?

5. For what length of time does Pepe wait for Connie to rap her knuckles against an object and let him know she is ready?

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