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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Tita go to after her private conversation with Pedro?
(a) Rosaura
(b) Gertrudis
(c) Nacha
(d) Mama

3. Where does Tita stay as her fate is decided between the man and Mama?
(a) Garden
(b) Kitchen
(c) Bathroom
(d) Bedroom

4. Who is dramatically affected by the sauce which Tita has prepared?
(a) Rosaura
(b) Gertrudis
(c) Tita
(d) Pedro

5. Tita's Mama will not allow any _______ and warns her to behave.
(a) Outburst
(b) Peace
(c) Manipulation
(d) Other plan

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

7. What does Tita do that makes her run away from Mama?
(a) Break the mixing bowl
(b) Scream
(c) Flirt with Pedro
(d) Break a window

8. Who comes to gather up Tita at Mama's request?
(a) John
(b) A soldier
(c) A priest
(d) Pedro

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

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

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

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

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

14. The heat from Gertrudis' body ignites the wood of the ___________.
(a) Kitchen
(b) Hallway
(c) Bedroom
(d) Tub

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does John ask Tita to do for him in order to help him understand why she doesn't speak?

3. They will need 180 _________ in order to make the cake for the wedding day.

4. ___________ does not know about the doctor and his feelings for one of the daughters, even though this character would want to.

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

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