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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, December, Chiles in Walnut Sauce.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is now the head cook at the ranch now that the old cook is dead?
(a) Mama
(b) Rosaura
(c) Tita
(d) Chechna

2. Tita asks Chechna to tell her Mama that she is not going to _____________.
(a) Return to the ranch
(b) Be single forever
(c) Cook anymore
(d) Be mean anymore

3. Tita is cooking in the kitchen because John is coming over that night to ask her what?
(a) To have his child
(b) To move in with him
(c) To meet his son
(d) For her hand in marriage

4. What happens to Mama when the rebels attack her house?
(a) She is arrested
(b) She is injured, paralyzed from the waist down
(c) She is killed
(d) She is raped

5. Tita wonders who will _______________ if she does not have any daughters of her own.
(a) Sing to her
(b) Make a home for her
(c) Take care of her
(d) Cook

Short Answer Questions

1. Gertrudis times the conversation so that Pedro will hear Tita ________________.

2. When Tita was a child, what was her biggest worry about the holiday she is celebrating?

3. Where does Tita stay as her fate is decided between the man and Mama?

4. What does Pedro beg Tita not to do as he is being carried away for treatment?

5. Before the worst of the physical symptoms began, __________ left the reception.

(see the answer key)

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