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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. Tita is supposed to be helping Chechna make __________.

2. What does Pedro do in order to help Rosaura with her labor?

3. Every person but ________ has fallen under a spell at the wedding.

4. What does Tita miss about the doves in the dovecote?

5. What did the Indian woman become as a result of her success with the sick relative?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the guests' reactions after eating the wedding cake Tita has prepared?

3. What had John's grandmother told him about people and what it meant that they had a box of matches inside?

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

5. Why are Chechna and Tita supposed to be making as many sausages as possible?

6. What is Rosaura's health problem since giving birth to her baby girl?

7. What does Tita ask Chechna to do for her in order to keep her at John's house?

8. Whose wedding are Tita and Pedro at during the last chapter of the book?

9. What does Nacha tell Tita to do after her mother leaves the kitchen, even though her mother told her not to?

10. Why is the pantry at the ranch suddenly severely depleted in its stock?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pedro is one of the few male characters in this story and he doesn't seem to be a very strong one.

Part 1: Why doesn't Pedro fight to be with Tita when he asks to marry her in the beginning?

Part 2: Why does Pedro go ahead with his marriage to Rosaura?

Part 3: Do you think Pedro is a coward? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

While at times, it seems some of the characters surrender to Mama, these are actually points at which the daughters are standing up to her.

Part 1: Why is Tita actually becoming saner when she has spent a night up in the dovecote?

Part 2: When Gertrudius takes off her clothes and runs, why is this not as crazy a thing as it seems? Or is it?

Part 3: In what ways does Rosaura also lose her 'sanity,' though it's actually a sign of her strength? And if this is not the case for her, what makes her different from the others?

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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