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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the color of the roses that Pedro brings to Tita?
(a) Red
(b) Yellow
(c) Pink
(d) White

2. Tita's great aunt reportedly also cried a lot, even when she was in the ____________.
(a) Market
(b) Womb
(c) Church
(d) Garden

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

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

5. When Tita's sausage creatures were offered in the making of _____________, she was not upset.
(a) Holiday gifts
(b) Sabbath cakes
(c) Christmas rolls
(d) Wedding favors

6. What is the celebration for which Tita is cooking in the kitchen? The celebration of the ____________.
(a) Wedding of Gertrudis
(b) Birth of Robert
(c) End of her single life
(d) Wedding of Pedro

7. The cake has ____________ filling and meringue frosting on it.
(a) Mango
(b) Cherry
(c) Apricot
(d) Apple

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

9. Where does Mama want Pedro and his new family to go?
(a) Austin
(b) San Antonio
(c) Mexico City
(d) Phoenix

10. They had to kill the ____________ to keep them from being stolen.
(a) Trees
(b) Grains
(c) Plants
(d) Animals

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

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

13. Who is now the head cook at the ranch now that the old cook is dead?
(a) Chechna
(b) Rosaura
(c) Tita
(d) Mama

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of the item Tita is looking for when she's wandering around the garden?

2. Who would have stolen the items in #78 if they had not killed them?

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

4. John dresses Tita like ____________ and bathes her as she recovers.

5. Who does Pedro have a great love for, and has revealed this to someone in secret?

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