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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Tita use to help fatten up the main ingredient for her recipe?
(a) Sunflower seeds
(b) Pecans
(c) Walnuts
(d) Almonds

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

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

7. Who would have stolen the items in #78 if they had not killed them?
(a) Pedro's relatives
(b) Rebels
(c) Gang members
(d) No one

8. Gertrudis runs away, _____________, in the field after the fire begins.
(a) With Tita
(b) Naked
(c) Maniacally
(d) Dressed up

9. What does Tita discover about Nacha when she goes to her room?
(a) She is with a man
(b) She is waiting for her
(c) She is dead
(d) She has packed up her things

10. Who will be furious if Tita is not found in the kitchen as she was directed to be?
(a) Chechna
(b) Pedro
(c) Gertrudis
(d) Mama

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

12. Each person has a box of matches inside and all it takes it he right amount of _________ for them to spark.
(a) Truth
(b) Understanding
(c) Motivation
(d) Heat

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Every person but ________ has fallen under a spell at the wedding.

2. ______________ warns Pedro and Tita to keep their heads about them.

3. What does Pedro tell Tita in a private moment they share before the wedding?

4. What kind of sauce does Tita make which is simply exquisite?

5. Tita and the old woman both love the ____________ which allows them to speak without saying a word.

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