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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tita is cooking in the kitchen because John is coming over that night to ask her what?
(a) For her hand in marriage
(b) To have his child
(c) To meet his son
(d) To move in with him

2. What happens to Tita once she yells at the ghost of her mother?
(a) She feels like cooking again
(b) She is more determined to marry John
(c) She gets her period
(d) She gives birth

3. How long did it take for Rosaura to lose the baby weight she had gained?
(a) Three weeks
(b) One month
(c) Two months
(d) One week

4. Tita tells Pedro that the next time he falls in love, he should sprout some _____________.
(a) Courage
(b) Honesty
(c) Guts
(d) Wings

5. Tita realizes her mother is ______________ as she has to ask for help from her daughter.
(a) Happy
(b) Scared
(c) Humiliated
(d) Different

6. Why can Rosaura not take care of her child right now?
(a) She is looking for Gertrudis
(b) She is helping Tita cook
(c) She is recovering from surgery
(d) She ran away

7. What explodes and causes Pedro to become badly burned?
(a) Car engine
(b) Oil lamp
(c) Stove
(d) Hot water heater

8. Who is Gertrudis now with? This is the same man that swept her off her feet a long time ago.
(a) Juan
(b) John
(c) Ricardo
(d) Pedro

9. What happened to Rosaura after she ate supper one night?
(a) She disappeared
(b) She left Pedro
(c) She succumbed to digestive collapse
(d) She forgave Tita

10. What does Pedro do for Tita later, though she shoos him away?
(a) Rubs her shoulders
(b) Serenades her
(c) Proposes to her
(d) Buys her a ring

11. Who advises Tita to follow the love in her heart?
(a) Gertrudis
(b) Chechna
(c) Rosaura
(d) John

12. When Gertrudis and her family arrive for the wedding, who is driving the car?
(a) Gertrudis
(b) Her son
(c) Juan
(d) Ricardo

13. For whom is Tita making the cream fritters mentioned in the title of this chapter?
(a) John
(b) Pedro
(c) Gertrudis
(d) Rosaura

14. What was the room in #130 originally used for before Tita used it for storage?
(a) A game room
(b) A bedroom
(c) Mama's bathing room
(d) A chapel

15. What is Gertrudis' new position in her life?
(a) Schoolteacher
(b) Brothel owner
(c) Mother
(d) General in the revolution

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Pedro feeling about the presence of John at the dinner table?

2. If Tita does not start to behave, says Rosaura, Rosaura will ____________.

3. What is Pedro's reaction to the news Gertrudis forces him to hear from Tita?

4. Why is Tita especially distracted when she is in the kitchen?

5. When Tita was a child, what was her biggest worry about the holiday she is celebrating?

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