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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. How old was Macho when his father bought him a concubine?
2. In what make of car are Connie and Pepe riding when they are portrayed as "racing up a peak in an open car, the fleeing road continually swering away so abruptly they seemed every moment about to spring into space, into the white night glittering beyond the sheer edge of the road, howing with wild wind" (90)?
3. As Connie and Pepe are "racing up a peak in an open car," Pepe yells "Stop it!" (90) a total of how many times before she stops?
4. Connie states in Chapter 1 that her father has always been "more of a" what to her, "somebody that gave [her] money on holidays" (91)?
5. The reader discovers that Connie's true age is different from the age she told Pepe. What is her true age?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Connie's red dress symbolize in Chapter 2: Macho?
2. Discuss an instance when Pepe's father's actions highlight particular expectations he had for his two sons Pepe and Tony when they were boys.
3. What explanation does Connie give for her decision to race her Jaguar to the precipice of a steep cliff in Chapter 2: Macho?
4. Whose narrative perspective is provided within the opening of the novel The Woman Who Had Two Navels?
5. What connection exists between Pepe and Concha, as revealed in Chapter 1: Paco?
6. Who is Helen?
7. What does Rita find in her apartment the morning after Connie has spent the night?
8. What advice does Pepe give to Connie as they talk inside her Jaguar at the top of a cliff?
9. What does Connie say when Pepe asks her how old she is and whether she is married or not?
10. Name three pieces of information Concha tells Pepe that contradict what Connie herself had told him.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Read a lengthy interview with Nick Joaquin. Write an essay explaining the connection between several of Joaquin’s answers and a major theme presented within the text of The Woman With Two Navels.
Essay Topic 3
How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within The Woman With Two Navels and what is Joaquin’s message regarding these themes?
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