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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose entrance helps to sweep away the ghost of Mama Elena?
(a) Gertrudis
(b) Pedro
(c) Rosaura
(d) Chechna

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

3. What does Pedro beg Tita not to do as he is being carried away for treatment?
(a) Leave him
(b) Tell Rosaura
(c) Help him
(d) Die

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

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

6. What happens to Chechna as she goes to talk to Mama?
(a) She gets lost
(b) She is raped
(c) She is killed
(d) Pedro stops her

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

8. What has been severely depleted by the troops that were staying at the ranch?
(a) Pantry
(b) Tita
(c) The garden
(d) Water

9. Gertrudis times the conversation so that Pedro will hear Tita ________________.
(a) Is carrying his child
(b) Is never going to cook again
(c) Is in love with John
(d) Is furious at him

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

11. Who does Gertrudis come home with when she arrives back at the ranch?
(a) A few friends
(b) Her soliders
(c) Her new dog
(d) No one

12. In the end, Rosaura says that Tita cannot ______________ anymore, which causes Tita much grief.
(a) Cook
(b) Care for her daughter
(c) See Pedro
(d) Speak to her

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

14. Pedro senses Tita's _____________ to get back down to the kitchen.
(a) Need
(b) Impatience
(c) Desire
(d) Longing

15. What do Esperanza and Alex find under of foot of ashes when they return from their trip?
(a) The family cookbook
(b) A single rose
(c) Pedro and Tita
(d) A note

Short Answer Questions

1. Tita's __________ become a stream of water.

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

3. Who advises Tita to follow the love in her heart?

4. Tita asks Chechna to tell her Mama that she is not going to _____________.

5. What happens to Tita once she yells at the ghost of her mother?

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