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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 last name of the man named Paco, with whom Connie is carrying on an extramarital affair?
(a) Lexiero.
(b) Texiera.
(c) Castanato.
(d) Taqueria.

2. 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?
(a) A convent.
(b) A community center.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A church.

3. What is NOT a comment used to describe Connie as she draws a crowd on the dance floor at the Tovrich?
(a) Her head is tossed back.
(b) She has a haughty look.
(c) Her hair is swinging.
(d) Her young eyes are bright and untroubled. 89

4. Pepe tells Connie that which character could help her if she takes his advice to get help at a particular location?
(a) Mary.
(b) Tony.
(c) Paco.
(d) Senora de Vidal.

5. What adjective does Pepe use to describe Connie's eyes when she tells him her age?
(a) Cagey.
(b) Confident.
(c) Shiny.
(d) Guilty.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what material is the bundle of evidence bound that Connie considers proof of Macho's dalliance with her mother, Senora de Vidal?

2. The woman named Concha is the mother of which character?

3. Connie tells Pepe that by the time she reached what age, "she had become indifferent" (4) to her physical abnormality?

4. When Macho and Pepe first meet one another, Macho says that he has come to "fetch" which character "home before she causes any more talk" (121) to spoil her father's upcoming election?

5. The reader discovers that Connie's true age is different from the age she told Pepe. What is her true age?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

2. Describe the setting and impetus of Pepe's second-ever encounter with Connie.

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. What connection exists between Pepe and Concha, as revealed in Chapter 1: Paco?

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

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