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

2. What do the guests at the wedding begin to do after they eat the wedding cake?
(a) Wail and cry
(b) Faint
(c) Dance wildly
(d) Laugh

3. What is Nacha's role in the ranch where the women live?
(a) Maid
(b) Cook
(c) Wetnurse
(d) Gardener

4. What does Tita discover about Nacha when she goes to her room?
(a) She is with a man
(b) She is dead
(c) She is waiting for her
(d) She has packed up her things

5. What does John give to Tita to help her with the task he has given to her?
(a) Piece of phosphorus
(b) Music
(c) Paper
(d) A fine meal

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the guests filled with as they eat the food served at this wedding?

2. Gertrudis runs away, _____________, in the field after the fire begins.

3. Where does the child like to sleep when Tita is cooking?

4. Pedro senses Tita's _____________ to get back down to the kitchen.

5. The solider and Gertrudis _____________ without breaking the stride of his horse.

(see the answer key)

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