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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tita continue to do until Mama leaves the kitchen?
(a) Sing a song
(b) Sigh
(c) Beats the cake
(d) Yell

2. What do the guests at the wedding begin to do after they eat the wedding cake?
(a) Laugh
(b) Wail and cry
(c) Faint
(d) Dance wildly

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

4. ___________ does not know about the doctor and his feelings for one of the daughters, even though this character would want to.
(a) Rosaura
(b) Gertrudis
(c) Mama Elena
(d) Chechna

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Indian woman become as a result of her success with the sick relative?

2. What does Mama Elena instruct to be taken away from Tita?

3. Why can't the other relatives get back to the ranch to help Rosaura?

4. Tita's Mama will not allow any _______ and warns her to behave.

5. Tita is no longer the __________ that the doctor remembers.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Pedro agree to marry Tita's sister Rosaura, even though he wanted to marry Tita?

2. Why does Tita wish her mother was at the wedding preparations she is working on?

3. Why is Tita frantic as she is preparing the meal for the evening when John is coming over?

4. What happens when a strong cold gust of air blows into the room as Tita is preparing bread?

5. Where does John the doctor end up taking Tita after bringing her from her home?

6. Why is Tita concerned about the idea of taking care of her mother and not having a family?

7. What does Pedro do after he announces that Rosaura has gone into labor?

8. What does Tita do in order to trick the child into sleeping in her own room instead of in the kitchen?

9. What is Pedro's reaction to Tita's news about her pregnancy?

10. What is Tita doing in the garden at the opening of this chapter instead of working in the kitchen?

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