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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 window.
(b) The bookcase.
(c) The door.
(d) The headboard.

4. Which character nosily asks Helen the exact date of her wedding when Helen announces her recent engagement?
(a) Mary.
(b) Connie.
(c) Rita.
(d) Concha.

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

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

7. 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?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

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

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

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

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

12. When Father Tony asks for a ride to Kikay Valero's house, Pepe replies that his car is in what location?
(a) In the junkyard.
(b) The auto repair shop.
(c) St. Rita's Art Shop.
(d) The local diner.

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

14. 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 run away with him.
(d) To marry him again.

15. Who suddenly appears in close proximity to Connie while she is traveling away from Kowloon in a dream sequence?
(a) Concha.
(b) Pepe.
(c) Macho.
(d) Paco.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feeling does Connie describe coming over her when she thinks about being "related to nothing and to no one" (200)?

2. What does Connie do at the end of Chapter 4: The Chinese Moon that appears to prove fatal?

3. What sort of transportation is featured within the dream sequence that includes Connie and Father Tony?

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

5. How old was Connie when first Macho, and then Concha, moved overseas?

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