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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tita do for the child when the mother is unable to do so?
(a) Breastfeeds him
(b) Sings to him
(c) Rocks him to sleep
(d) Changes his clothes

2. What does Pedro do in order to help Rosaura with her labor?
(a) Boils water
(b) Goes to town to get a doctor
(c) Prays
(d) Gets new bedsheets

3. To prepare the little cardboard strips to become matches, they should be coated with potassium nitrate and ____________.
(a) Gunpowder
(b) Water
(c) Salt
(d) Magnesium

4. Who comes to visit the women in the kitchen, asking for one of the daughter's hands in marriage?
(a) Ricardo
(b) Pedro
(c) Tomas
(d) John

5. Tita is no longer the __________ that the doctor remembers.
(a) Little girl
(b) Weak peasant
(c) Cook
(d) Ugly woman

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mama want Pedro and his new family to go?

2. What does Gertrudis decide to do in response to her physical reaction?

3. Tita feels a strong love for the ______________, something which completely surprises her.

4. What kind of sauce does Tita make which is simply exquisite?

5. Where does Tita stay as her fate is decided between the man and Mama?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the pantry at the ranch suddenly severely depleted in its stock?

2. Why wasn't Tita upset about the frying of her little sausage creatures during the holiday season?

3. What happened to Rosaura with her health condition a year before this wedding day?

4. What has happened to Rosaura, as Tita sees after coming back from Pedro's room?

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

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

7. What is the state of Tita when the doctor arrives to take her away per Mama's orders?

8. What had John's grandmother told him about people and what it meant that they had a box of matches inside?

9. What does Tita decide to do with the roses that she has received?

10. What does the solider do when he finally sees Gertrudis running naked in the field?

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