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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator rejoins Pepe and Connie how many hours after leaving them at the Tovarich together?

2. How old is the man married to Connie, according to Connie's mother?

3. What is NOT a comment used to describe Connie as she draws a crowd on the dance floor at the Tovrich?

4. Connie states in Chapter 1 that her father has always been "more of a" what to her, "somebody that gave [her] money on holidays" (91)?

5. What is the name of Pepe's wife?

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

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

4. When Concha refrains from answering the telephone in Chapter 2: Macho, which character is calling her and why?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways does Joaquin use the motif of dreams and hallucinations in The Woman Who Had Two Navels to help achieve some of the goals he has in mind for the text?

Essay Topic 2

William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Joaquin’s novel The Woman With Two Navels. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

How is the theme of desire portrayed in The Woman With Two Navels? Examine Joaquin's treatment of and messages regarding desire throughout the book.

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