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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. Concha accuses Connie of pursuing which character during her childhood?

2. What does Connie do at the end of Chapter 4: The Chinese Moon that appears to prove fatal?

3. Pepe directs Connie to his bedroom at the end of Chapter 3: La Vidal when she asks where she can take what action?

4. What is Connie's father's name?

5. The reader is reminded in Chapter 3: La Vidal that Father Tony lives in what type of facility?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What surprise does Connie receive once she has departed from the Kowloon train station?

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

6. What kind of person is Concha ultimately shown to be within Chapter 4: The Chinese Moon?

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

8. What is Joaquin's purpose for providing a dream sequence depicting Connie's train ride out of Kowloon?

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

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

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

Read a lengthy interview with Nick Joaquin. Write an essay explaining the connection between several of Joaquin’s answers and a major theme presented within the text of The Woman With Two Navels.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Joaquin's choice to tell the story of The Woman With Two Navels using a third person omniscient narrator. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Joaquin’s intended effects on the reader?

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