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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what make of car does Connie speed toward the monastery in the opening of Chapter 4: The Chinese Moon?
(a) Mercedes.
(b) Ford.
(c) Jaguar.
(d) Peugeot.

2. Pepe directs Connie to his bedroom at the end of Chapter 3: La Vidal when she asks where she can take what action?
(a) Pray.
(b) Use the restroom.
(c) Disrobe.
(d) Meditate.

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

4. 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 stone staircase.
(d) The cliff.

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

6. Which character is implied to have fished Connie's doll Minnie out of the pond in order to place it somewhere she would find it?
(a) Paco.
(b) Carlo.
(c) Manolo.
(d) Concha.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. The reader is reminded in Chapter 3: La Vidal that Father Tony lives in what type of facility?
(a) A university dormitory.
(b) A prison.
(c) A mental health facility.
(d) A monastery.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Kikay Valero is known throughout what location for having a vast pool of acquaintances in the region?

3. What sort of transportation is featured within the dream sequence featuring Concha and Connie?

4. In what month of the year did Concha meet her first husband?

5. What kind of transportation is Connie using when she leaves Kowloon within a dream sequence?

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