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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. What kind of transportation is Connie using when she leaves Kowloon within a dream sequence?

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

3. Pepe tells Connie that it is "very, very wrong to give up one's" (201) what?

4. What feeling does Connie describe coming over her when she thinks about being "related to nothing and to no one" (200)?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. What does the ship symbolize within Connie's delusion about a ship?

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Joaquin’s novel The Woman With Two Navels. What message is Joaquin sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Joaquin’s use of the motif of water within the novel The Woman With Two Navels.

Essay Topic 3

How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within The Woman With Two Navels and what is Joaquin’s message regarding these themes?

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