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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. Who is helping Tita make the wedding cake for Pedro and his new wife?
(a) Gertrudis
(b) Mama
(c) Nacha
(d) Rosaura

2. Why is Tita no longer interested in being in the kitchen?
(a) She is sick
(b) Pedro and his family have left
(c) She can not think of anything to cook
(d) She wants to upset Mama

3. John's grandmother ended up helping his great great ________________.
(a) Grandmother
(b) Aunt
(c) Grandfather
(d) Uncle

4. Who is dramatically affected by the sauce which Tita has prepared?
(a) Pedro
(b) Tita
(c) Rosaura
(d) Gertrudis

5. Where does Mama want Pedro and his new family to go?
(a) Phoenix
(b) Austin
(c) San Antonio
(d) Mexico City

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of sauce does Tita make which is simply exquisite?

2. ___________ does not know about the doctor and his feelings for one of the daughters, even though this character would want to.

3. They had to kill the ____________ to keep them from being stolen.

4. Where does Tita escape to after her confrontation with Mama?

5. What is one of the two physical responses the guests have when they eat the wedding cake?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tita decide to do with the roses that she has received?

2. What does John ask Tita to do in order to answer the question of why she does not speak?

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

4. What did Tita make when she and cook would be in the kitchen together when she was a child?

5. Why can't Tita be the daughter to marry Pedro, according to the rules of Mama Elena?

6. Why do Pedro and Tita's eyes meet for an eternity in the kitchen as she is cooking another meal?

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

8. How does Tita plan to fatten up the turkeys for the meal she wishes to prepare?

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

10. What has happened to Rosaura, as Tita sees after coming back from Pedro's room?

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