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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 Mama Elena and Chechna go to town to buy?
(a) Things for the baby
(b) Clothing
(c) Food
(d) Baked goods

2. Tita works the almonds and the ______________ for the recipe she is making.
(a) Pecans
(b) Walnuts
(c) Sesame seeds
(d) Peanuts

3. What does the old woman wear around her head?
(a) A wool shawl
(b) A round hat
(c) Thick braids
(d) A string of feathers

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

5. What does Gertrudis begin to do when she tastes the sauce Tita has prepared?
(a) Speak in tongues
(b) Jump up and down
(c) Laugh
(d) Sweat

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is now the head cook at the ranch now that the old cook is dead?

2. Gertrudis runs away, _____________, in the field after the fire begins.

3. Pedro and Tita see the events of Gertrudis from __________ a distance away.

4. Tita feels a strong love for the ______________, something which completely surprises her.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Tita do for the child of Rosaura and Pedro which shows her love for the child?

6. Why does Tita tell Chechna about all of the things happening in her mind?

7. What does Tita ask Chechna to do for her in order to keep her at John's house?

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

9. What does Chechna say she will tell Mama about Tita's idea about not coming home?

10. What does Pedro say when Tita tells him that she is actually not pregnant, as she once believed.

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