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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 would Gertrudis have liked to have be able to witness her rise to her new position?
(a) Chechna
(b) Rosaura
(c) Mama
(d) Nacha

2. How is Tita's posture described as she is standing over the grinding machine?
(a) Erotic
(b) Heavy
(c) Ungraceful
(d) Spastic

3. When Tita was a child, what was her biggest worry about the holiday she is celebrating?
(a) Whether she could be a part of the ceremony
(b) If she could help in the kitchen
(c) What gifts she would receive
(d) If Mama would yell at her

4. Who besides Tita can see Mama's ghost in the corner of the room?
(a) John
(b) Rosaura
(c) Pedro
(d) The dog

5. Gertrudis begins to imagine one of Pancho Villa's ___________ she had seen in the town square the week before.
(a) Soldiers
(b) Horses
(c) Maps
(d) Wagons

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pedro do for Tita later, though she shoos him away?

2. What is one of the two physical responses the guests have when they eat the wedding cake?

3. To prepare the little cardboard strips to become matches, they should be coated with potassium nitrate and ____________.

4. For whom is Tita making the cream fritters mentioned in the title of this chapter?

5. Who will be furious if Tita is not found in the kitchen as she was directed to be?

(see the answer key)

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