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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John realizes that Tita's ___________ are wet and that he needs to dry them slowly.
(a) Batter mixes
(b) Tears
(c) Truths
(d) Matches

2. What color do the roses Pedro brings to Tita turn when she holds them?
(a) Pink
(b) White
(c) Red
(d) Yellow

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

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

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

6. To prepare the little cardboard strips to become matches, they should be coated with potassium nitrate and ____________.
(a) Salt
(b) Water
(c) Gunpowder
(d) Magnesium

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

8. What does Pedro do in order to help Rosaura with her labor?
(a) Goes to town to get a doctor
(b) Boils water
(c) Gets new bedsheets
(d) Prays

9. Once you start chopping _____________, it is hard to stop your tears.
(a) Peppers
(b) Tomatoes
(c) Potatoes
(d) Onions

10. Who finds out that the man agreed to marry the sister in order to be close to his real love?
(a) Tita
(b) Mama
(c) Chechna
(d) Nacha

11. John's grandmother ended up helping his great great ________________.
(a) Grandfather
(b) Aunt
(c) Uncle
(d) Grandmother

12. ______________ warns Pedro and Tita to keep their heads about them.
(a) Mama
(b) Chechna
(c) Rosaura
(d) Nacha

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

14. Who frantically announces that Rosaura has gone into labor?
(a) Gertrudis
(b) Mama
(c) Tita
(d) Pedro

15. Pedro sees Tita bending over the ______________ and he is mesmerized.
(a) Sink
(b) Grinding machine
(c) Corn
(d) Stove

Short Answer Questions

1. What begins to shake when Tita is trying to mix up all of the cake ingredients?

2. What is the color of the roses that Pedro brings to Tita?

3. The _________ plans to visit the house every day in order to see the baby.

4. Tita screams at her mother because Mama gave her ______________ too many.

5. What did the Indian woman do that caused the bleeding to stop in the sick person?

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