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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is helping Tita make the wedding cake for Pedro and his new wife?
(a) Nacha
(b) Mama
(c) Rosaura
(d) Gertrudis

4. What does John ask Tita to do for him in order to help him understand why she doesn't speak?
(a) Write on the wall
(b) Cook
(c) Talk
(d) Sing

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

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

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

8. What did Mama Elena and Chechna go to town to buy?
(a) Things for the baby
(b) Food
(c) Clothing
(d) Baked goods

9. 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

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

11. Who does Pedro bring with him when he goes to visit the women in the kitchen?
(a) His father
(b) His mother
(c) His uncle
(d) His brother

12. What is one of the two physical responses the guests have when they eat the wedding cake?
(a) Swelling
(b) Headaches
(c) Bleeding
(d) Blackouts

13. 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

14. 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

15. Tita refuses to throw away the ___________, and decides to use them in a recipe.
(a) Quail feathers
(b) Bad olives
(c) Roses
(d) Letters

Short Answer Questions

1. A solider swoops Gertrudis up onto ______________.

2. What is the second main physical response the guests have after eating the wedding cake?

3. Where does Mama want Pedro and his new family to go?

4. The youngest daughter cannot ____________, according to Mama Elena.

5. What is the youngest daughter supposed to do when her Mama gets older?

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