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

2. Who would have stolen the items in #78 if they had not killed them?

3. What is the youngest daughter supposed to do when her Mama gets older?

4. To prepare the little cardboard strips to become matches, they should be coated with potassium nitrate and ____________.

5. They had to kill the ____________ to keep them from being stolen.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Tita concerned about the idea of taking care of her mother and not having a family?

2. What does Tita tell Pedro after he expressed his displeasure in her marriage choice?

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

4. When Tita tells Rosaura that she married her boyfriend, what is Rosaura's response to this?

5. What does the letter from Gertrudis say to Tita besides that she hopes to see her again?

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

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

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

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

10. What happens when a strong cold gust of air blows into the room as Tita is preparing bread?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

While at times, it seems some of the characters surrender to Mama, these are actually points at which the daughters are standing up to her.

Part 1: Why is Tita actually becoming saner when she has spent a night up in the dovecote?

Part 2: When Gertrudius takes off her clothes and runs, why is this not as crazy a thing as it seems? Or is it?

Part 3: In what ways does Rosaura also lose her 'sanity,' though it's actually a sign of her strength? And if this is not the case for her, what makes her different from the others?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Communication happens in a variety of ways in this story - sometimes through cooking, other times through words, etc.

Part 1: What is the importance of communication in this story? What does it do for the characters?

Part 2: Which type of communication do you think is the strongest form? Why?

Part 3: With all of the different forms of communication, what kinds of problems could result for the characters?

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