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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age did Connie run away from home for the first time, according to the Senora de Vidal?
(a) 11.
(b) 15.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

2. What precious stones make up the necklace Connie wears to her first meeting with Pepe?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Emeralds.
(c) Pearls.
(d) Rubies.

3. What is the first name of Connie's husband?
(a) Paco.
(b) Juan.
(c) Roberto.
(d) Macho.

4. In what make of car are Connie and Pepe riding when they are portrayed as "racing up a peak in an open car, the fleeing road continually swering away so abruptly they seemed every moment about to spring into space, into the white night glittering beyond the sheer edge of the road, howing with wild wind" (90)?
(a) Bentley.
(b) Lamborghini.
(c) Jaguar.
(d) Aston Martin.

5. Pepe recalls his father's continual assertion that "The house of our" what "is waiting for us to come home" (15)?
(a) Spirits.
(b) History.
(c) Fathers.
(d) Descendants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the dress Connie wears to the Tovarich in Chapter 1: Paco?

2. The waiter at the Tovarich tells Pepe that which character is waiting to speak with him on the balcony?

3. How does Rita react when she finds out that Pepe is staying at the Tovarich to speak to Connie, rather than riding with Rita to their respective homes?

4. What kind of brat does Pepe call Connie during their encounter at the Tovarich?

5. In Connie's story about her childhood, she states that she dreamt of what kind of fish eating her doll the night the doll was lost to her forever?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the motif of sound appear within Pepe's recollections of his father's stories about Binondo?

2. What does Connie's red dress symbolize in Chapter 2: Macho?

3. Describe a particular gap in time mentioned within Chapter 2: Macho and discuss its purpose.

4. Name three pieces of information Concha tells Pepe that contradict what Connie herself had told him.

5. In what way is the theme of family bonds treated differently in Chapter 2: Macho than in Chapter 1: Paco and what is the significance of this complication?

6. Discuss a moment in the narrative when laughter is shown to be helpful in solving conflicts.

7. What proof does Connie provide to back up her claims about Macho's other lover?

8. What explanation does Connie give for her decision to race her Jaguar to the precipice of a steep cliff in Chapter 2: Macho?

9. What is an azotea and what is its significance to the narrative of The Woman Who Had Two Navels?

10. What does Connie say when Pepe asks her how old she is and whether she is married or not?

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