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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John dresses Tita like ____________ and bathes her as she recovers.
(a) A child
(b) A man
(c) A woman
(d) A maid

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

3. The heat from Gertrudis' body ignites the wood of the ___________.
(a) Hallway
(b) Kitchen
(c) Tub
(d) Bedroom

4. Every person but ________ has fallen under a spell at the wedding.
(a) Tita
(b) Pedro
(c) Mama
(d) Rosaura

5. Where does Mama Elena decide she wants Tita taken?
(a) Insane asylum
(b) Church for confession
(c) Convent
(d) A new family

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

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

8. Who walks in as Pedro and Tita are staring into each other's eyes?
(a) Chechna
(b) John
(c) Mama
(d) Rosaura

9. What does Pedro tell Tita in a private moment they share before the wedding?
(a) He is happy
(b) He is in love with Rosaura
(c) He will take her away
(d) He is not going to marry her sister

10. Where does Tita escape to after her confrontation with Mama?
(a) Dovecote
(b) The doctor's house
(c) The village
(d) The kitchen

11. What does Nacha tell Tita it is okay to do after Mama leaves?
(a) Cry
(b) Kill her sister
(c) Let go of Pedro
(d) Go to Pedro

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

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

14. Gertrudis' body produces a __________ as she begins to feel intense feelings which are new to her.
(a) Sauce from her hands
(b) Pink, rose-scented sweat
(c) Song of joy
(d) Mist of pink

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the one thing Tita is upset the people from #79 stole when they came to the ranch?

3. Who is dramatically affected by the sauce which Tita has prepared?

4. A solider swoops Gertrudis up onto ______________.

5. Tita works the almonds and the ______________ for the recipe she is making.

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