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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 discover about Nacha when she goes to her room?
(a) She has packed up her things
(b) She is waiting for her
(c) She is dead
(d) She is with a man

2. What does John give to Tita to help her with the task he has given to her?
(a) A fine meal
(b) Piece of phosphorus
(c) Music
(d) Paper

3. What does Pedro do in order to help Rosaura with her labor?
(a) Gets new bedsheets
(b) Prays
(c) Boils water
(d) Goes to town to get a doctor

4. Where does Mama Elena decide she wants Tita taken?
(a) Convent
(b) Church for confession
(c) A new family
(d) Insane asylum

5. Tita's great aunt was born in ____________ and lived most of her life cooking.
(a) The restaurant
(b) The kitchen
(c) The bakery
(d) The church

Short Answer Questions

1. Tita is supposed to be helping Chechna make __________.

2. What is the second main physical response the guests have after eating the wedding cake?

3. John dresses Tita like ____________ and bathes her as she recovers.

4. Who comes to visit the women in the kitchen, asking for one of the daughter's hands in marriage?

5. They will need 180 _________ in order to make the cake for the wedding day.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rosaura ask Tita to help her with after the birth of her child?

2. What does a person need in order to make matches for themselves?

3. When Tita tells Rosaura that she married her boyfriend, what is Rosaura's response to this?

4. What had John's grandmother told him about people and what it meant that they had a box of matches inside?

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

6. What does Tita discover when she goes to tell Nacha about the conversation between her and Pedro?

7. What does Pedro bring to Tita as she is now the head cook at the ranch?

8. Why does the solider initially go to see Gertrudis when she is out in the field?

9. What do the rebels take from the ranch, which greatly upsets Tita as they were a part of her childhood?

10. Why can the old Indian women and Tita speak without saying any words aloud?

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