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

2. What does Ursa say she will do to someone who tries to take away her music?
(a) Submit to them.
(b) Cut their hair.
(c) Pluck out there eyes.
(d) Murder them.

3. In Ursa's dream, who is between her legs?
(a) A baby.
(b) Tadpole.
(c) Corregidora.
(d) Mutt.

4. What does Mutt do to Ursa in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Pushes her down stairs during an argument.
(b) Pulls her hair out when she will not listen to him.
(c) Kills a man who is interested in her.
(d) Proposes to her.

5. What did the wife do to the white man who was raping her in the story about the black couple on the plantation?
(a) She did nothing, so that there were no repercussions.
(b) She screamed until someone came.
(c) She threatened to kill him if he did not leave her alone.
(d) She cut off his penis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finish the line: "His hair was so dark and greasy straight that you could a swore he was pure ______."

2. How old is Ursa during this part of the book?

3. What does Tadpole say to Ursa when she asks him whether she should take the job at the Spider?

4. What kinds of pills does the doctor prescribe Ursa when she visits him a second time?

5. What is the name of the place where Ursa and Mutt stay together?

(see the answer key)

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