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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who frantically announces that Rosaura has gone into labor?
(a) Gertrudis
(b) Tita
(c) Mama
(d) Pedro

2. What does the old woman wear around her head?
(a) Thick braids
(b) A round hat
(c) A wool shawl
(d) A string of feathers

3. What does Gertrudis decide to do in response to her physical reaction?
(a) Shower
(b) Cook
(c) Sing
(d) Read

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

5. What is Tita looking for when she is wandering around the garden at the beginning of the chapter?
(a) Worms
(b) Peppers
(c) Beans
(d) Tomatoes

6. What does Nacha tell Tita it is okay to do after Mama leaves?
(a) Let go of Pedro
(b) Cry
(c) Go to Pedro
(d) Kill her sister

7. What does Tita sob on that she had been creating for her married life?
(a) Pillow
(b) Wedding dress
(c) Handkerchief
(d) Bedspread

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

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

10. What is Nacha's role in the ranch where the women live?
(a) Gardener
(b) Maid
(c) Cook
(d) Wetnurse

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

12. The solider and Gertrudis _____________ without breaking the stride of his horse.
(a) Run away
(b) Make love
(c) Get married
(d) Introduce themselves

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

14. What does Tita do for the child when the mother is unable to do so?
(a) Changes his clothes
(b) Sings to him
(c) Rocks him to sleep
(d) Breastfeeds him

15. Tita works the almonds and the ______________ for the recipe she is making.
(a) Walnuts
(b) Peanuts
(c) Pecans
(d) Sesame seeds

Short Answer Questions

1. Tita's great aunt reportedly also cried a lot, even when she was in the ____________.

2. Where does Tita stay as her fate is decided between the man and Mama?

3. What does Tita continue to do until Mama leaves the kitchen?

4. Gertrudis' body produces a __________ as she begins to feel intense feelings which are new to her.

5. Where does Tita escape to after her confrontation with Mama?

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