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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tita discover about Nacha when she goes to her room?

2. What does John give to Tita to help her with the task he has given to her?

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

4. The _________ plans to visit the house every day in order to see the baby.

5. Who comes to visit the women in the kitchen, asking for one of the daughter's hands in marriage?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Tita plan to fatten up the turkeys for the meal she wishes to prepare?

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

5. What happens when Gertrudis has a taste of the rose petal sauce that Tita prepares?

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

7. What is Tita doing in the garden at the opening of this chapter instead of working in the kitchen?

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

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

10. Why can't Tita be the daughter to marry Pedro, according to the rules of Mama Elena?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Food is obviously a strong part of this book and of the lives of the characters within the book.

Part 1: Why is food so important to the main family in this book?

Part 2: Why can't the characters relate without having food around?

Part 3: What might the food represent to the book as a whole?

Essay Topic 2

The ending of the story seems to be confusing for those who read this book. After all, it seems like the characters die and nothing is left but ashes.

Part 1: How do you interpret the ending of the story?

Part 2: What are some other meanings the author might have had for the ending of the book?

Part 3: Does this ending seem suitable to Tita and Pedro? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The mother and daughter relationship in this story is one that seems to be quite complicated.

Part 1: Why do the daughters continue to bend to Mama's needs, even if they don't agree with her?

Part 2: Why wouldn't the daughters tell Mama 'no'?

Part 3: Why didn't Mama seemingly want a healthy relationship with her daughters?

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