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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Tita's reaction to the private conversation between her and Pedro?
(a) She is happy
(b) She is angry
(c) She is even more sad
(d) She is confused

2. Tita is supposed to be helping Chechna make __________.
(a) Bread
(b) Mulled wine
(c) Sausages
(d) Pasta

3. Who is dramatically affected by the sauce which Tita has prepared?
(a) Gertrudis
(b) Rosaura
(c) Pedro
(d) Tita

4. What did the Indian woman do that caused the bleeding to stop in the sick person?
(a) Cast a spell
(b) Cry
(c) Touch the wounds
(d) Make an offering to the spirits

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

6. What will not thicken as a result of Tita's many tears?
(a) Tea
(b) Sauce
(c) Cake batter
(d) Icing

7. What is the youngest daughter supposed to do when her Mama gets older?
(a) Move out
(b) Build her a separate house
(c) Read to her
(d) Take care of her

8. Who does Pedro have a great love for, and has revealed this to someone in secret?
(a) Rosaura
(b) Mama
(c) Tita
(d) Gertrudis

9. What does Tita refuse to do as she is in such deep grief?
(a) Speak
(b) Move
(c) Talk about Pedro
(d) Laugh

10. Tita screams at her mother because Mama gave her ______________ too many.
(a) One excuse
(b) One order
(c) One criticism
(d) One rule

11. What is the second main physical response the guests have after eating the wedding cake?
(a) Heart attacks
(b) Vomiting
(c) Intense anger
(d) Laughing

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

13. Tita used to shape ____________ into animals as though they were balloons.
(a) Vegetables
(b) Fruits
(c) Sausages
(d) Breads

14. Who comes to visit the women in the kitchen, asking for one of the daughter's hands in marriage?
(a) Tomas
(b) John
(c) Ricardo
(d) Pedro

15. The person who comes to gather Tita finds her naked and covered in ___________ and droppings.
(a) Feathers
(b) Dirt
(c) Rain
(d) Tears

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Tita's posture described as she is standing over the grinding machine?

2. Where does Mama Elena decide she wants Tita taken?

3. What does Nacha tell Tita it is okay to do after Mama leaves?

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

5. Pedro also tells Tita that he just wants to have a chance to be ___________.

(see the answer keys)

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