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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 did other medical practitioners try to do for his sick relative from #98?
(a) Pray
(b) Give him medicine
(c) Nothing
(d) Bleed him with leeches

2. Once you start chopping _____________, it is hard to stop your tears.
(a) Tomatoes
(b) Onions
(c) Potatoes
(d) Peppers

3. What color do the roses Pedro brings to Tita turn when she holds them?
(a) White
(b) Pink
(c) Yellow
(d) Red

4. What did the Indian woman become as a result of her success with the sick relative?
(a) A teacher at a college
(b) Family doctor
(c) A medicine woman to the city
(d) An equal

5. What does Tita do that makes her run away from Mama?
(a) Scream
(b) Break the mixing bowl
(c) Flirt with Pedro
(d) Break a window

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Pedro sees Tita bending over the ______________ and he is mesmerized.

3. The pleasure and warmth that finally explode into passion will nourish the ______________.

4. Tita works the almonds and the ______________ for the recipe she is making.

5. Who is helping Tita make the wedding cake for Pedro and his new wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why wasn't Tita upset about the frying of her little sausage creatures during the holiday season?

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

3. What does Pedro say to Tita when they are dancing together, making her cry?

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

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

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

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

8. Why has Tita lost her interest in cooking at this time of the book, causing her to avoid her kitchen duties?

9. What does the solider do when he finally sees Gertrudis running naked in the field?

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

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