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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Mama when the rebels attack her house?
(a) She is injured, paralyzed from the waist down
(b) She is raped
(c) She is killed
(d) She is arrested

2. Tita realizes her mother is ______________ as she has to ask for help from her daughter.
(a) Scared
(b) Different
(c) Humiliated
(d) Happy

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

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

5. Who tells Tita he/she does not approve of her marrying John?
(a) Rosaura
(b) Mama
(c) Pedro
(d) Gertrudis

6. What happens to Tita once she yells at the ghost of her mother?
(a) She gives birth
(b) She is more determined to marry John
(c) She gets her period
(d) She feels like cooking again

7. For whom is Tita making the cream fritters mentioned in the title of this chapter?
(a) Rosaura
(b) Gertrudis
(c) Pedro
(d) John

8. Whose entrance helps to sweep away the ghost of Mama Elena?
(a) Pedro
(b) Rosaura
(c) Gertrudis
(d) Chechna

9. Who takes advantage of Tita in the storage room, even though she surrenders to him?
(a) John
(b) Pedro
(c) Ricardo
(d) Dominic

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

11. Who used to love the tedious job of shelling these ingredients?
(a) Gertrudis
(b) Mama
(c) John
(d) Rosaura

12. John is grateful to ____________ for healing Tita, as he has been unsuccessful.
(a) Gertrudis
(b) Tita
(c) Chechna
(d) Nacha

13. What does Pedro do for Tita later, though she shoos him away?
(a) Buys her a ring
(b) Proposes to her
(c) Serenades her
(d) Rubs her shoulders

14. How is Pedro feeling about the presence of John at the dinner table?
(a) Jealous
(b) Happy
(c) Ambivalent
(d) Confused

15. What was the room in #130 originally used for before Tita used it for storage?
(a) A game room
(b) A chapel
(c) Mama's bathing room
(d) A bedroom

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has written a letter to Tita, thanking her for the clothes?

2. Who is Gertrudis now with? This is the same man that swept her off her feet a long time ago.

3. What is Mama afraid Tita is trying to do to her as she is recuperating?

4. Mama Elena finally gives in as they have run out of ___________ to hire.

5. What does Rosaura ask Tita for help with when she enters the kitchen?

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