Final answer:
The task assigned to Tita as punishment is not described in the provided quotes, and needs to be referenced from the novel 'Like Water for Chocolate' by Laura Esquivel to be accurately detailed.
Step-by-step explanation:
The student asked what task was assigned to Tita as a punishment for feigning a headache to avoid her sister Rosaura's engagement. However, this specific punishment is not described among the provided quotes, which appear to be from various literary texts, and since the punishment is not detailed in the quotes provided, it cannot be accurately determined from the given information.
Therefore, it's important to refer to the original source text, Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, to answer this accurately. Unfortunately, in the absence of the precise passage from the novel, we cannot provide a factual response to the question.