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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Macho ask Connie to do when he appears near her as she travels away from Kowloon in a dream sequence?
(a) To never speak to him again.
(b) To run away with him.
(c) To marry him again.
(d) To have his child.

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

3. In what location do Pepe, Rita, and Father Tony find Concha talking to Helen in Chapter 3: La Vidal?
(a) At the cafe.
(b) At the local bookstore.
(c) At St. Rita's Art Shop.
(d) At the auto repair shop.

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

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

6. 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 knelt down and dried Connie's tears.
(d) She gave Connie money.

7. 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 swat.
(c) A punch.
(d) A slap.

8. Pepe tells Connie to rap her knuckles against what object when she is ready for him to enter the room and examine her?
(a) The bookcase.
(b) The headboard.
(c) The door.
(d) The window.

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

10. What does Connie do at the end of Chapter 4: The Chinese Moon that appears to prove fatal?
(a) She walks in front of a train.
(b) She jumps from a building.
(c) She jumps out a window.
(d) She drives off a cliff.

11. 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?
(a) Paco.
(b) Concha.
(c) Carlo.
(d) Manolo.

12. Which way does Connie turn the wheel when she heads up the mountain road after reaching the monastery?
(a) Hard right.
(b) Soft right.
(c) Soft left.
(d) Hard left.

13. What is the name of the monastery where Father Tony lives and works?
(a) St. Anthony's.
(b) St. Andrew's.
(c) St. Mark's.
(d) St. Cyprian's.

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

15. 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 get divorced from Macho.
(b) The desire to have one navel.
(c) The desire to be older.
(d) The desire to have two navels.

Short Answer Questions

1. Concha accuses Connie of pursuing which character during her childhood?

2. In what decade did Concha meet her first husband for the first time?

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

4. What is the final setting of Chapter 3: La Vidal?

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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