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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. What is the name of Pepe's wife?
(a) Marianne.
(b) Mary.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Rita.

2. In what country does the novel The Woman Who Had Two Navels take place?
(a) The Philippines.
(b) Indonesia.
(c) Hong Kong.
(d) France.

3. 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) Jaguar.
(b) Aston Martin.
(c) Bentley.
(d) Lamborghini.

4. The narrator rejoins Pepe and Connie how many hours after leaving them at the Tovarich together?
(a) 8.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 1.

5. Connie tells Pepe that by the time she reached what age, "she had become indifferent" (4) to her physical abnormality?
(a) Adolescence.
(b) Middle age.
(c) School age.
(d) Twenties.

Short Answer Questions

1. During Connie and Pepe's conversation on the cliff in Chapter 1: Paco, Pepe suggests that Connie go to what location for help with any problems she may have?

2. What is the first name of Connie's husband?

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

4. At what age did Connie run away from home for the first time, according to Connie?

5. Which member of Pepe's family "has been quietly going to pieces" (26) since taking a trip to Manila?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Rita find in her apartment the morning after Connie has spent the night?

3. What advice does Pepe give to Connie as they talk inside her Jaguar at the top of a cliff?

4. Who is Helen?

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

6. 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?

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

8. Discuss an instance when Pepe's father's actions highlight particular expectations he had for his two sons Pepe and Tony when they were boys.

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

10. How does the theme of appearance versus reality appear within Pepe's comments to Concha within Chapter 1: Paco?

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