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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 refuse to do as she is in such deep grief?
(a) Move
(b) Talk about Pedro
(c) Speak
(d) Laugh

2. Tita's great aunt reportedly also cried a lot, even when she was in the ____________.
(a) Market
(b) Womb
(c) Garden
(d) Church

3. What is the color of the roses that Pedro brings to Tita?
(a) White
(b) Yellow
(c) Red
(d) Pink

4. Tita is no longer the __________ that the doctor remembers.
(a) Weak peasant
(b) Little girl
(c) Cook
(d) Ugly woman

5. Why can't the other relatives get back to the ranch to help Rosaura?
(a) The mist is too great
(b) They were stopped by federales
(c) They didn't know about the birth
(d) There is a death in the family

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tita sob on that she had been creating for her married life?

2. Gertrudis begins to imagine one of Pancho Villa's ___________ she had seen in the town square the week before.

3. What does Tita continue to do until Mama leaves the kitchen?

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

5. What does Tita use to help fatten up the main ingredient for her recipe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the features of the wedding cake Tita is making for Pedro's wedding?

2. Why can't Chechna deliver the message from Tita to Mama Elena as she promised to do?

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

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

5. What happens when Tita screams at her mother's ghost, letting out all of her rage?

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

7. What does Pedro do when he sees Tita sitting on the steps, covered in mole?

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

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

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

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