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Like Water For Chocolate Trivia Quiz

"Like Water For Chocolate" is a unique Mexican love story full of magic and recipes by Laura Esquivel.

A multiple-choice quiz by Lanire. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Lanire

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
111,216

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
361

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What vegetable did always make Tita cry?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was the name of the man Tita fell in love with when she was fifteen? Hint

Pedro

Juan

John

Trevino

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of the women married Pedro? Hint

Mama Elena

Tita

Rosaura

Gertrudis

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Question 4 of 10

4. What was the name of the man that Gertrudis ran away with? Hint

Pedro

Travis

John

Juan

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the name of the first cook who was Tita's best friend on the ranch? Hint

Chencha

Nacha

Rosalia

Esperanza

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who took care of Tita when her mother sent her away? Hint

Pedro

John

Juan

Trevino

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Question 7 of 10

7. What happened to Mama Elena? Hint

She was paralyzed

She broke her leg

She had cancer

She had a pneumonia

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Question 8 of 10

8. Yes or No : Does Tita marry John Brown?

Yes

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was the name of Rosaura's daughter? Hint

Guadelupa

Elena

Esperanza

Gertrudis

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Question 10 of 10

10. True or False : Tita and Pedro die at the end of the novel.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What vegetable did always make Tita cry?

Answer: Onion

She was born when her mother was chopping onions and because of that she was born crying.

2. What was the name of the man Tita fell in love with when she was fifteen?

Answer: Pedro

Pedro asked for Tita's hand, but she could not marry him because being the youngest daughter, she had to spend her life taking care of her mother.

3. Which of the women married Pedro?

Answer: Rosaura

Rosaura was Tita's elder sister and Pedro decided to marry her in order to stay close to Tita.

4. What was the name of the man that Gertrudis ran away with?

Answer: Juan

Gertrudis ate quail in rose petal sauce, which Tita made, and it filled Gertrudis with such physical longing that she ran away with Juan.

5. What was the name of the first cook who was Tita's best friend on the ranch?

Answer: Nacha

Nacha took care of Tita when she was a newborn because her mother could not feed her, so she cooked special teas and broths for her. She also taught Tita everything about cooking.

6. Who took care of Tita when her mother sent her away?

Answer: John

John Brown was the family doctor and when Mama Elena told him to take Tita away to madhouse, he took her in his house instead and cared for her.

7. What happened to Mama Elena?

Answer: She was paralyzed

There was an attack on the ranch and while trying to protect her house, Mama Elena suffered a blow in her back and that left her paralyzed from waist down.

8. Yes or No : Does Tita marry John Brown?

Answer: No

Tita has to choose between having a secret relationship with Pedro, whom she is passionate about and John Brown who was very caring and proposed to her. At the end however, Tita picked Pedro.

9. What was the name of Rosaura's daughter?

Answer: Esperanza

Her name was Esperanza and though Rosaura did not want her daughter to learn anything from Tita, eventually, Tita did play an important part in the girl's education.

10. True or False : Tita and Pedro die at the end of the novel.

Answer: True

Rosaura dies first. Pedro and Tita are so happy there is no barrier between their relationship that they die from excessive happiness.

Source: Author Lanire

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