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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. Where does John end up taking Tita instead of to the asylum?
(a) The convent
(b) The church
(c) Back home
(d) His home

2. Who does Pedro bring with him when he goes to visit the women in the kitchen?
(a) His brother
(b) His mother
(c) His father
(d) His uncle

3. What does Mama Elena instruct to be taken away from Tita?
(a) The ladder
(b) Her favorite cookbook
(c) Her birth certificate
(d) Her room

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

5. Who frantically announces that Rosaura has gone into labor?
(a) Tita
(b) Gertrudis
(c) Mama
(d) Pedro

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gertrudis decide to do in response to her physical reaction?

2. Tita needs to fatten up the _______________ before she can use them in a recipe.

3. The youngest daughter cannot ____________, according to Mama Elena.

4. What does Pedro do in order to help Rosaura with her labor?

5. What is the celebration for which Tita is cooking in the kitchen? The celebration of the ____________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why are Chechna and Tita supposed to be making as many sausages as possible?

3. What does Nacha tell Tita to do after her mother leaves the kitchen, even though her mother told her not to?

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

5. Why is the pantry at the ranch suddenly severely depleted in its stock?

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

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

8. What happened when the Indian women went to the bedside of John's great great grandfather?

9. Why won't the cake batter thicken as Tita is stirring it in preparation for the wedding of Pedro and Rosaura?

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

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