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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What beverage does Pepe consume while he waits for Connie to signal her readiness for him to enter the bedroom?
(a) Soda.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Water.
(d) Juice.

2. Kikay Valero is known throughout what location for having a vast pool of acquaintances in the region?
(a) Manila.
(b) Macondo.
(c) Hong Kong.
(d) Binondo.

3. What location is portrayed within the opening of Chapter 3: La Vidal?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) The Philippines.
(c) Malaysia.
(d) Taiwan.

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

5. What sort of weather is occurring in the dream sequence featuring Connie and Concha?
(a) Fog.
(b) Rain.
(c) Snow.
(d) Sunshine.

6. In what location does Connie's dream sequence involving her parents Concha and Manolo take place?
(a) France.
(b) Hong Kong.
(c) Bangkok.
(d) Binondo.

7. 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 gave Connie money.
(c) She walked away quickly.
(d) She knelt down and dried Connie's tears.

8. 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.

9. Pepe and Father Tony urge Connie to talk to which character in the lengthy final scene of Chapter 3: La Vidal?
(a) Macho.
(b) Rita.
(c) Concha.
(d) Paco.

10. To what type of drug does Pepe compare Connie's false sense of peace associated with her delusion of having two navels?
(a) Amphetamine.
(b) Opium.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Marijuana.

11. During the dream seqence between Connie and Father Tony, Father Tony tells Connie to renounce what?
(a) Evil.
(b) Lust.
(c) Greed.
(d) Selfishness.

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

13. When Chapter 3: La Vidal opens, Hong Kong is preparing for a celebration of what holiday?
(a) Christmas Day.
(b) Chinese New Year.
(c) Independence Day.
(d) Easter.

14. Rita asks Pepe in Chapter 3: La Vidal whether he had ever wanted to inhabit which position?
(a) Soldier.
(b) Police officer.
(c) Firefighter.
(d) Bullfighter.

15. Who ends up being nominated to examine Connie's body for the presence of a second navel?
(a) Father Tony.
(b) Father Tony and Pepe.
(c) Macho.
(d) Pepe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the very last action to occur within Chapter 3: La Vida?

2. In what position was Connie during her delusion about Biliken?

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

4. For how many years did Concha stay away from her family in favor of being with Macho?

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

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