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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. To whom has Concha NOT apologized on her daughter Connie's behalf by the end of Chapter 3: La Vidal?
(a) Rita.
(b) Macho.
(c) Father Tony.
(d) Pepe.

2. In what decade did Concha meet her first husband for the first time?
(a) The 1900s.
(b) The 1920s.
(c) The 1930s.
(d) The 1910s.

3. Concha accuses Connie in a dream sequence of always trying to take what action in response to "any joy [she] may have had" (238)?
(a) Defiling it.
(b) Stealing it.
(c) Outdoing it.
(d) Removing it.

4. To what type of drug does Pepe compare Connie's false sense of peace associated with her delusion of having two navels?
(a) Opium.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Amphetamine.

5. Rita asks Pepe in Chapter 3: La Vidal whether he had ever wanted to inhabit which position?
(a) Police officer.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Bullfighter.
(d) Firefighter.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years did Concha stay away from her family in favor of being with Macho?

2. Whose perspective does the narrator provide when Chapter 3: La Vidal opens?

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

4. How many times does Connie shout the word "No" (221) the first time she turns the car away from the monastery in Chapter 4: The Chinese Moon?

5. Concha tells Connie within their shared dream sequence in Chapter 4: The Chinese Moon that she is "throwing herself on" (238) which character?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the implication about Concha's involvement in Minnie's reappearance after Connie threw Minnie into the pond?

2. What event is being celebrated in Hong Kong upon the opening of Chapter 3: La Vidal?

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

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

5. What revelation does Concha make to Connie about motherhood in Chapter 4: The Chinese Moon?

6. In what way is the theme of family bonds included within the final scene of Chapter 3: La Vidal?

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

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

9. How old was Connie's mother Concha when she met the man who would become her first husband and in what era did this event occur?

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

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