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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The doctor tells Tita that he inherited his curiosity from his __________.
(a) Grandmother
(b) Brother
(c) Mother
(d) Father

2. 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

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

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

5. What does Mama Elena instruct to be taken away from Tita?
(a) Her room
(b) Her favorite cookbook
(c) Her birth certificate
(d) The ladder

6. They will need 180 _________ in order to make the cake for the wedding day.
(a) Eggs
(b) Apricots
(c) Bags of flour
(d) Cups of sugar

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. Who does Mama say that the man can marry, as opposed to the one he wanted to marry?
(a) Gertrudis
(b) Rosaura
(c) No one
(d) Tita

14. What kind of sauce does Tita make which is simply exquisite?
(a) Quail feather
(b) Zucchini
(c) Rose petal sauce
(d) Tomato

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. John realizes that Tita's ___________ are wet and that he needs to dry them slowly.

4. Gertrudis runs away, _____________, in the field after the fire begins.

5. Tita's Mama will not allow any _______ and warns her to behave.

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