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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 did Concha's first husband do for a living when she first met him?

2. In what location does Connie's dream sequence involving her parents Concha and Manolo take place?

3. How old is Connie in the first carnival flashback presented in Chapter 4: The Chinese Moon?

4. Pepe and Father Tony urge Connie to talk to which character in the lengthy final scene of Chapter 3: La Vidal?

5. Father Tony tells which character near the end of Chapter 3: La Vida that it is sinful to retreat from the world?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was 11-year-old Connie unable to make eye contact with her mother Concha upon her return home from a trip overseas?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. For what reason does Connie travel to the Kowloon train station in Chapter 4: The Chinese Moon?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Sensory details are used frequently by Joaquin in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of The Woman With Two Navels. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Joaquin’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.

Essay Topic 3

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

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