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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why can't the other relatives get back to the ranch to help Rosaura?
(a) The mist is too great
(b) There is a death in the family
(c) They didn't know about the birth
(d) They were stopped by federales

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

4. What is the one thing Tita is upset the people from #79 stole when they came to the ranch?
(a) Doves
(b) Oak tree
(c) Cooking pots
(d) Grain bundles

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

6. Who was able to stave off the rebels from the house?
(a) Mama Elena
(b) Chechna
(c) Tita
(d) Rosaura

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

8. What does Gertrudis decide to do in response to her physical reaction?
(a) Read
(b) Sing
(c) Cook
(d) Shower

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

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

11. The housekeeper from _________ brings her food, but it is bland and unfit for Tita.
(a) America
(b) Brazil
(c) Mexico
(d) Cuba

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

13. How is Tita's posture described as she is standing over the grinding machine?
(a) Erotic
(b) Ungraceful
(c) Heavy
(d) Spastic

14. Tita wonders who will _______________ if she does not have any daughters of her own.
(a) Take care of her
(b) Make a home for her
(c) Cook
(d) Sing to her

15. How much older is Rosaura than Tita?
(a) 2 years
(b) 5 years
(c) 1 year
(d) 4 years

Short Answer Questions

1. Tita is supposed to be helping Chechna make __________.

2. Who comes to gather up Tita at Mama's request?

3. What does Tita sob on that she had been creating for her married life?

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

5. Who is now the head cook at the ranch now that the old cook is dead?

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