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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. Gertrudis begins to imagine one of Pancho Villa's ___________ she had seen in the town square the week before.
(a) Wagons
(b) Horses
(c) Soldiers
(d) Maps

2. ___________ does not know about the doctor and his feelings for one of the daughters, even though this character would want to.
(a) Mama Elena
(b) Gertrudis
(c) Chechna
(d) Rosaura

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

4. What does Gertrudis decide to do in response to her physical reaction?
(a) Cook
(b) Sing
(c) Read
(d) Shower

5. What does Tita use to help fatten up the main ingredient for her recipe?
(a) Almonds
(b) Walnuts
(c) Pecans
(d) Sunflower seeds

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has to help Rosaura deliver the baby on her own?

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

3. Tita wonders who will _______________ if she does not have any daughters of her own.

4. The solider and Gertrudis _____________ without breaking the stride of his horse.

5. What does Tita do for the child when the mother is unable to do so?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Rosaura's health problem since giving birth to her baby girl?

3. Why is Tita the only person who can help Rosaura deliver her baby on her own?

4. What does Gertrudis do on purpose so that Pedro overhears her conversation with Tita?

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

6. What does the reader find out about Tita's great aunt, which reveals a similarity between the two women?

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

8. Why does Mama Elena burn Gertrudis' birth certificate upon hearing news of her life?

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

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

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