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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. What does Gertrudis begin to do when she tastes the sauce Tita has prepared?

2. Tita is supposed to be helping Chechna make __________.

3. When Tita's sausage creatures were offered in the making of _____________, she was not upset.

4. What color do the roses Pedro brings to Tita turn when she holds them?

5. What is Tita looking for when she is wandering around the garden at the beginning of the chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Tita doing in the garden at the opening of this chapter instead of working in the kitchen?

2. What has happened to Rosaura, as Tita sees after coming back from Pedro's room?

3. What does John ask Tita to do in order to answer the question of why she does not speak?

4. Why can the old Indian women and Tita speak without saying any words aloud?

5. Why does Tita eventually scream, sending her running up into the dovecote?

6. When Tita tells Rosaura that she married her boyfriend, what is Rosaura's response to this?

7. What happens when Tita screams at her mother's ghost, letting out all of her rage?

8. What happened when the Indian women went to the bedside of John's great great grandfather?

9. What does the reader find out about Tita's great aunt, which reveals a similarity between the two women?

10. How does Tita plan to fatten up the turkeys for the meal she wishes to prepare?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mama seems to have a different way of dealing with problems than others do. She seems to be a bit of a controlling woman.

Part 1: Why does Mama not want to have anything to do with Gertrudius anymore?

Part 2: Why does Mama make Tita sit up top in the empty dovecote?

Part 3: Why might Mama feel the need to be so controlling of her own daughters?

Essay Topic 2

Mama seems to put Pedro and Tita into a position where they will always experience sexual and emotional tension.

Part 1: Why do you think Mama doesn't want Tita to be with Pedro, aside from her given excuse?

Part 2: Why do you think Mama puts Tita and Pedro together so often anyway, even though she knows how they feel about each other?

Part 3: Do you think mama perhaps wants the two to be together? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The theme of love is one that comes in and out of the novel, with Tita's heart breaking over losing her love, but then her heart heals as she grows stronger.

Part 1: Why do you think Tita did not put up more of a fight to be with Pedro?

Part 2: Why didn't Rosaura argue against marrying Pedro?

Part 3: What do you think the author is saying about love and about true love when she tells this story?

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