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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pedro want to do in response to Tita's news to him?
(a) Run away
(b) Ignore it
(c) Help her in the kitchen
(d) Send Rosaura away

2. What are the guests filled with as they eat the food served at this wedding?
(a) Passion
(b) Sadness
(c) Guilt
(d) Grief

3. What has been severely depleted by the troops that were staying at the ranch?
(a) The garden
(b) Pantry
(c) Water
(d) Tita

4. What is Pedro's reaction to the news Gertrudis forces him to hear from Tita?
(a) Sad
(b) Angry
(c) Confused
(d) Pleased

5. When Tita was a child, what was her biggest worry about the holiday she is celebrating?
(a) If Mama would yell at her
(b) If she could help in the kitchen
(c) Whether she could be a part of the ceremony
(d) What gifts she would receive

6. In the end, Rosaura says that Tita cannot ______________ anymore, which causes Tita much grief.
(a) Speak to her
(b) Cook
(c) Care for her daughter
(d) See Pedro

7. Tita is cooking in the kitchen because John is coming over that night to ask her what?
(a) To move in with him
(b) For her hand in marriage
(c) To meet his son
(d) To have his child

8. Chechna decides to tell Mama that she found Tita as a _________ and that has made Tita worry about her worth.
(a) Teacher
(b) Beggar
(c) Maid
(d) Prostitute

9. Who advises Tita to follow the love in her heart?
(a) Chechna
(b) John
(c) Gertrudis
(d) Rosaura

10. Who does Gertrudis come home with when she arrives back at the ranch?
(a) A few friends
(b) Her new dog
(c) No one
(d) Her soliders

11. What does Rosaura ask Tita for help with when she enters the kitchen?
(a) The diet John has put her on
(b) Making a bread
(c) Dealing with Pedro's moods
(d) Caring for her child

12. Tita's __________ become a stream of water.
(a) Stories
(b) Wishes
(c) Tears
(d) Meals

13. What does Pedro tell Tita he wants for their life together, which makes her cry?
(a) He wants to move away
(b) He wants to have a child with her
(c) He wants to build her a kitchen
(d) He wants to start over

14. Why is Tita especially distracted when she is in the kitchen?
(a) She doesn't have the right ingredients
(b) Pedro is there
(c) She is caring for Rosaura's baby too
(d) The stove isn't working

15. Pedro accuses Tita of having second thoughts about him because he is now a _____________.
(a) Sick man
(b) Old man
(c) Married man
(d) Jealous man

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose entrance helps to sweep away the ghost of Mama Elena?

2. Who was always in the kitchen, ready to give Tita a match whenever she needed it?

3. Who tells Tita he/she does not approve of her marrying John?

4. What does Tita drop as soon as she sees Rosaura watching her?

5. Tita asks Chechna to tell her Mama that she is not going to _____________.

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