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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. Which of the four elements is used as a metaphor for the burial of the mother-daughter relationship between Connie and Concha?
(a) Fire.
(b) Water.
(c) Earth.
(d) Air.

2. What feeling does Connie describe coming over her when she thinks about being "related to nothing and to no one" (200)?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Fear.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Peace.

3. Father Tony tells Connie within his dream sequence that Connie must take what action in regard to her sins?
(a) Confess them.
(b) Absolve them.
(c) Forget them.
(d) Inscribe them on her skin.

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

5. Pepe tells Connie to rap her knuckles against what object when she is ready for him to enter the room and examine her?
(a) The bookcase.
(b) The window.
(c) The headboard.
(d) The door.

Short Answer Questions

1. Concha accuses Connie in a dream sequence of always trying to take what action in response to "any joy [she] may have had" (238)?

2. In what city did Concha and her first husband meet for the first time?

3. To which symbolic object does Pepe refer when he illustrates to Connie the illusory nature of the peace she describes?

4. How old was Connie when first Macho, and then Concha, moved overseas?

5. What preposition does Connie use in relation to sensing "the darkness" and how it will soon be "exploding into flames" (273)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the cliffhanger Joaquin includes at the end of Chapter 3: La Vidal.

2. How does Joaquin bring the two themes of spirituality and physicality together within Chapter 3: La Vidal?

3. In Chapter 4: The Chinese Moon, the narrative includes both portrayals of delusion and the use of flashbacks. What sorts of narrative landmarks does Joaquin provide to help direct the reader?

4. For what transgression did Concha slap Connie when she was a child, as revealed in Chapter 4: The Chinese Moon?

5. What does the liquor bottle represent in the final scene of Chapter 3: La Vidal?

6. From whose point of view is the beginning of Chapter 3: La Vidal narrated?

7. In what way does an element of Chapter 1: Paco connect to an element of Chapter 4: The Chinese Moon?

8. What promise does Father Tony exact from Connie before he leaves to conduct business at St. Andrews?

9. Who warned Father Tony that Connie would be visiting him and why?

10. How does the theme of guilt appear within Chapter 3: La Vidal and with which character is the theme's depiction involved?

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