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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who was always in the kitchen, ready to give Tita a match whenever she needed it?
(a) Rosaura
(b) Gertrudis
(c) John
(d) Pedro
2. In the end, Tita realizes she must ___________________ with John.
(a) Break off the engagement
(b) Still try to live
(c) Have a baby
(d) Run away
3. What are the guests filled with as they eat the food served at this wedding?
(a) Sadness
(b) Grief
(c) Passion
(d) Guilt
4. How is Pedro feeling about the presence of John at the dinner table?
(a) Confused
(b) Ambivalent
(c) Jealous
(d) Happy
5. What does Tita give to her Mama in order to help her heal?
(a) Special herbs
(b) Medicine
(c) Gifts
(d) Nourishing food
6. Who takes advantage of Tita in the storage room, even though she surrenders to him?
(a) Dominic
(b) Pedro
(c) John
(d) Ricardo
7. What does Pedro want to do in response to Tita's news to him?
(a) Run away
(b) Send Rosaura away
(c) Ignore it
(d) Help her in the kitchen
8. Who used to love the tedious job of shelling these ingredients?
(a) Gertrudis
(b) Rosaura
(c) Mama
(d) John
9. When Tita was a child, what was her biggest worry about the holiday she is celebrating?
(a) What gifts she would receive
(b) If she could help in the kitchen
(c) If Mama would yell at her
(d) Whether she could be a part of the ceremony
10. What does Pedro do for Tita later, though she shoos him away?
(a) Serenades her
(b) Rubs her shoulders
(c) Buys her a ring
(d) Proposes to her
11. Where does the child like to sleep when Tita is cooking?
(a) The bedroom
(b) The garden
(c) The kitchen
(d) The porch
12. Pedro senses Tita's _____________ to get back down to the kitchen.
(a) Impatience
(b) Need
(c) Desire
(d) Longing
13. How many courses will be served at the wedding for which Tita and Chechna are cooking?
(a) 15
(b) 20
(c) 4
(d) 30
14. What has happened to Rosaura since the birth of her baby girl?
(a) She has left Pedro
(b) She has gained a lot of weight
(c) She has lost a lot of weight
(d) She has twisted her ankle
15. What explodes and causes Pedro to become badly burned?
(a) Stove
(b) Oil lamp
(c) Hot water heater
(d) Car engine
Short Answer Questions
1. What is different about the room in which Tita stores the pots?
2. Who does Chechna return to the ranch with?
3. What are Tita and Chechna shelling for the big wedding day?
4. Who does Mama Elena's ghost blame for all of the pain that has been caused in the house?
5. What is Mama afraid Tita is trying to do to her as she is recuperating?
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