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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter II, Pages 69 through 96.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After abolition, what did most of Corregidora's women do?
(a) Plotted Corregidora's murder.
(b) Put a spell on Corregidora.
(c) Stayed.
(d) Left.

2. What kinds of pills does the doctor prescribe Ursa when she visits him a second time?
(a) Pain pills.
(b) Sleeping pills.
(c) Iron pills.
(d) Vitamin D pills.

3. What question does Cat ask Ursa in regards to her relationship with Tadpole?
(a) She asks Ursa if he is fulfilling her needs.
(b) She asks if Ursa can give him what he needs.
(c) She asks Ursa if he is treating her right.
(d) She asks Ursa if he is much different from Mutt.

4. What does Ursa dream while she is staying at Cat's place?
(a) That she is pregnant.
(b) That Mutt finds her.
(c) That Tadpole comes and saves her.
(d) That she is a famous singer.

5. What is the name of the man in the car who tries to pick Ursa up?
(a) Giles Harvey.
(b) Uri Jacobs.
(c) Urban Jones.
(d) Mike Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the wife do to the white man who was raping her in the story about the black couple on the plantation?

2. Finish the line: "I said if that nigger loved me he wouldnta ______."

3. With whom does Ursa tell tadpole she could have sung?

4. What is Ursa's drink of choice throughout the novel?

5. What year does Ursa say Mutt and she were married?

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