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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who was always in the kitchen, ready to give Tita a match whenever she needed it?
(a) Pedro
(b) John
(c) Gertrudis
(d) Rosaura

4. Tita worries that the accident didn't just affect Pedro's skin, but also his ___________.
(a) Mind
(b) Heart
(c) Fertility
(d) Lungs

5. What does Tita advise Rosaura to chew on before she goes to bed at night?
(a) Ginger root
(b) Mint leaves
(c) Peppercorns
(d) Tobacco leaves

6. How is Pedro feeling about the presence of John at the dinner table?
(a) Confused
(b) Happy
(c) Ambivalent
(d) Jealous

7. Chechna decides to tell Mama that she found Tita as a _________ and that has made Tita worry about her worth.
(a) Prostitute
(b) Maid
(c) Beggar
(d) Teacher

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

9. Who used to love the tedious job of shelling these ingredients?
(a) John
(b) Mama
(c) Rosaura
(d) Gertrudis

10. What happens to Mama when the rebels attack her house?
(a) She is arrested
(b) She is injured, paralyzed from the waist down
(c) She is killed
(d) She is raped

11. If Tita does not start to behave, says Rosaura, Rosaura will ____________.
(a) Hire a new cook
(b) Remove her from the house
(c) Leave with Pedro
(d) Never speak to her again

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

13. Who tells Tita he/she does not approve of her marrying John?
(a) Gertrudis
(b) Pedro
(c) Mama
(d) Rosaura

14. Who does Chechna return to the ranch with?
(a) Her husband
(b) Pedro
(c) John
(d) Gertrudis

15. What has happened to Rosaura since the birth of her baby girl?
(a) She has lost a lot of weight
(b) She has twisted her ankle
(c) She has left Pedro
(d) She has gained a lot of weight

Short Answer Questions

1. John is grateful to ____________ for healing Tita, as he has been unsuccessful.

2. Who arrives with a pot of ox tail soup that comforts and nourishes Tita as she recovers?

3. How many courses will be served at the wedding for which Tita and Chechna are cooking?

4. What does Tita put into the room with the baby to help her finally fall asleep?

5. Tita wants to break the tradition her Mama started as it will affect Rosaura's ____________ if it continues.

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