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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Connie announces that Pepe must take her away from what location when she finds out that Macho is nearby?
(a) Her hotel.
(b) The bar.
(c) The restaurant.
(d) Hong Kong.

2. What sort of doctor does Pepe Monson claim to be at the beginning of the chapter entitled "Paco"?
(a) A foot doctor.
(b) A gynecologist.
(c) A horse doctor.
(d) A witch doctor.

3. At what age did Connie run away from home for the first time, according to Connie?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.

4. What is the name of Pepe's wife?
(a) Mary.
(b) Rita.
(c) Marianne.
(d) Rachel.

5. What is the name of the woman who claims to have two navels at the start of the chapter entitled "Paco"?
(a) Angela.
(b) Mara.
(c) Connie.
(d) Mary.

6. Pepe's family used to own a famous house in Binondo, one of the oldest parts of which city?
(a) Fresno.
(b) Manila.
(c) Kowloon.
(d) Quito.

7. Pepe tells Connie that which character could help her if she takes his advice to get help at a particular location?
(a) Paco.
(b) Mary.
(c) Senora de Vidal.
(d) Tony.

8. The waiter at the Tovarich tells Pepe that which character is waiting to speak with him on the balcony?
(a) Connie.
(b) Mary.
(c) Rita.
(d) Macho.

9. What event led to the destruction of the famous house about which Pepe had always heard?
(a) Monsoon.
(b) Earthquake.
(c) Gentrification.
(d) War.

10. Which character is described as having been "an imperious chieftain" to "that little group of child exiles who had grown up together on the Hong Kong streets" (78)?
(a) Paco.
(b) Macho.
(c) Rita.
(d) Mary.

11. Connie says that when which character told her that Macho wanted to marry her, she had been "so relieved, so grateful" (95)?
(a) Macho.
(b) Senora de Vidal.
(c) Paco.
(d) Mary.

12. When Pepe goes to the balcony to speak to a particular character, Rita says that she will go home if Pepe is not back within how many minutes?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

13. Connie claims to have discovered that other people only had one navel when she was how many years old?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 10.

14. When the narrator rejoins Connie and Pepe in Chapter 1 some time after their departure from the Tovarich, in what color car are they "racing up the peak" (90)?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Aubergine.
(d) Black.

15. How old does Connie say she is when Pepe asks her age?
(a) 35.
(b) 40.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which character was NOT part of the family made up of the "little group of child exiles who had grown up together on the streets of Hong Kong" (79)?

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

4. What verb does the narrator use to describe the way Connie is sitting at a table on the balcony when Pepe approaches?

5. In what manner does Connie ask Pepe to forgive her after he calls her names on the balcony at the Tovarich?

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