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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 is the final setting of Chapter 3: La Vidal?
2. What does Macho ask Connie to do when he appears near her as she travels away from Kowloon in a dream sequence?
3. Which character is implied to have fished Connie's doll Minnie out of the pond in order to place it somewhere she would find it?
4. The evening after Connie threw her doll Minnie and her bracelet into the pond, where did her doll reappear?
5. What form of physical punishment did Connie receive at the hands of her mother Concha in the first carnival flashback?
Short Essay Questions
1. What revelation does Concha make to Connie about motherhood in Chapter 4: The Chinese Moon?
2. Who warned Father Tony that Connie would be visiting him and why?
3. Describe the cliffhanger Joaquin includes at the end of Chapter 3: La Vidal.
4. 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?
5. What kind of person is Concha ultimately shown to be within Chapter 4: The Chinese Moon?
6. 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?
7. What fault does Father Tony find with Connie's newfound source of peace that stems from knowing she is "absolutely alone" (200)?
8. What promise does Father Tony exact from Connie before he leaves to conduct business at St. Andrews?
9. What is Joaquin's purpose for providing a dream sequence depicting Connie's train ride out of Kowloon?
10. What surprise does Connie receive once she has departed from the Kowloon train station?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Joaquin's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different locations in a particular way within the text of The Woman With Two Navels.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Joaquin’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of The Woman With Two Navels.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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