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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 kind of liar does Pepe call Connie when they run into one another on the balcony at the Tovarich?
(a) Ridiculous.
(b) Masterful.
(c) Practiced.
(d) Horrible.

2. Connie is described by Pepe as being wrapped in what color of furs?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Brown.
(d) Red.

3. When Pepe shows up at Rita's place and leaves Connie outside the door, Rita thinks that he is there to take what action?
(a) To apologize.
(b) To make love to her.
(c) To do his laundry.
(d) To propose to her.

4. Connie claims to have discovered that other people only had one navel when she was how many years old?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

5. How old does Connie say she is when Pepe asks her age?
(a) 35.
(b) 40.
(c) 20.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character was NOT part of the family made up of the "little group of child exiles who had grown up together on the streets of Hong Kong" (79)?

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?

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

4. What position does the man hold who is having an affair with Connie?

5. When the narrator rejoins Connie and Pepe in Chapter 1 some time after their departure from the Tovarich, in what color car are they "racing up the peak" (90)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Name three pieces of information the reader learns about Paco when the narrator provides his perspective at the end of Chapter 1: Paco.

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. What major revelation does Connie make to Pepe about her husband Macho in Chapter 2: Macho?

9. Who is Helen?

10. Whose narrative perspective is provided within the opening of the novel The Woman Who Had Two Navels?

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