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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. They had to kill the ____________ to keep them from being stolen.
(a) Animals
(b) Grains
(c) Trees
(d) Plants

2. Why is Tita no longer interested in being in the kitchen?
(a) She wants to upset Mama
(b) She can not think of anything to cook
(c) She is sick
(d) Pedro and his family have left

3. The pleasure and warmth that finally explode into passion will nourish the ______________.
(a) Soul
(b) Art
(c) Marriage
(d) Child

4. The doctor tells Tita that he inherited his curiosity from his __________.
(a) Mother
(b) Father
(c) Grandmother
(d) Brother

5. What does Tita continue to do until Mama leaves the kitchen?
(a) Sigh
(b) Yell
(c) Beats the cake
(d) Sing a song

6. To make matches, one needs just the right amount of _____________ acid for the edges.
(a) Hydrochloric
(b) Hyaluronic
(c) Phosphoric
(d) Carbonic

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

8. What is Tita looking for when she is wandering around the garden at the beginning of the chapter?
(a) Peppers
(b) Tomatoes
(c) Worms
(d) Beans

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

10. What does Tita do for the child when the mother is unable to do so?
(a) Breastfeeds him
(b) Sings to him
(c) Rocks him to sleep
(d) Changes his clothes

11. Tita is no longer the __________ that the doctor remembers.
(a) Cook
(b) Little girl
(c) Weak peasant
(d) Ugly woman

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

13. What kind of sauce does Tita make which is simply exquisite?
(a) Tomato
(b) Zucchini
(c) Rose petal sauce
(d) Quail feather

14. What has Tita completely lost interest in since Pedro has left?
(a) Roberto
(b) Dancing
(c) Singing
(d) Cooking

15. What begins to shake when Tita is trying to mix up all of the cake ingredients?
(a) The trees
(b) The ground
(c) The clouds
(d) Her hands

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Tita stay as her fate is decided between the man and Mama?

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

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

4. What does Tita refuse to do as she is in such deep grief?

5. Tita refuses to throw away the ___________, and decides to use them in a recipe.

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