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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how many years did Concha stay away from her family in favor of being with Macho?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. What did Concha's first husband do for a living when she first met him?
(a) He was a doctor.
(b) He was an accountant.
(c) He was a veterinarian.
(d) He was a poet.

3. What feeling does Connie describe coming over her when she thinks about being "related to nothing and to no one" (200)?
(a) Peace.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Fear.
(d) Loneliness.

4. What form of physical punishment did Connie receive at the hands of her mother Concha in the first carnival flashback?
(a) A pinch.
(b) A slap.
(c) A punch.
(d) A swat.

5. What desire does Connie claim to have lost by the time the final scene of Chapter 3: La Vidal rolls around?
(a) The desire to be older.
(b) The desire to have one navel.
(c) The desire to have two navels.
(d) The desire to get divorced from Macho.

6. In what month of the year did Concha meet her first husband?
(a) April.
(b) November.
(c) August.
(d) January.

7. The narrator states that the day after Connie met which character, she had a delusion about Biliken?
(a) Rita.
(b) Mary.
(c) Macho.
(d) Paco.

8. Pepe tells Connie that it is "very, very wrong to give up one's" (201) what?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Plan of attack.
(c) Scruples.
(d) Money.

9. Pepe directs Connie to his bedroom at the end of Chapter 3: La Vidal when she asks where she can take what action?
(a) Meditate.
(b) Disrobe.
(c) Pray.
(d) Use the restroom.

10. To which symbolic object does Pepe refer when he illustrates to Connie the illusory nature of the peace she describes?
(a) The doll.
(b) The cliff.
(c) The Jaguar.
(d) The stone staircase.

11. Father Tony tells Connie within his dream sequence that Connie must take what action in regard to her sins?
(a) Absolve them.
(b) Forget them.
(c) Confess them.
(d) Inscribe them on her skin.

12. Concha tells Connie within their shared dream sequence in Chapter 4: The Chinese Moon that she is "throwing herself on" (238) which character?
(a) Macho.
(b) Pepe.
(c) Mary.
(d) Paco.

13. How old was Concha when she met her first husband?
(a) 24.
(b) 21.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.

14. The reader is reminded in Chapter 3: La Vidal that Father Tony lives in what type of facility?
(a) A university dormitory.
(b) A mental health facility.
(c) A prison.
(d) A monastery.

15. In the first carnival flashback of the chapter, what did Concha do when Connie began to cry as a result of her physical punishment?
(a) She slapped Connie again.
(b) She walked away quickly.
(c) She gave Connie money.
(d) She knelt down and dried Connie's tears.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what location do Pepe, Rita, and Father Tony find Concha talking to Helen in Chapter 3: La Vidal?

3. For what length of time does Pepe wait for Connie to rap her knuckles against an object and let him know she is ready?

4. Concha accuses Connie in a dream sequence of always trying to take what action in response to "any joy [she] may have had" (238)?

5. What sort of transportation is featured within the dream sequence featuring Concha and Connie?

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