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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What consequence did the plantation wife face because of her actions with her white boss?
(a) She and her husband ran away before they could be punished.
(b) She and her husband were sent back to Africa.
(c) She and her husband were killed.
(d) She and her husband were sold to another plantation.

2. Finish the line: "His hair was so dark and greasy straight that you could a swore he was pure ______."
(a) Evil.
(b) Devil.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Indian.

3. Why does Ursa's mother go back to the cafe even though she was afraid to speak to Ursa's father?
(a) Her body told her to.
(b) She liked the challenge.
(c) No man could make her afraid.
(d) She wanted to overcome her fears.

4. Who performs at Happy's while Ursa is out?
(a) Vivian.
(b) Don Pashe's band.
(c) Sal Cooper.
(d) Eddy Pace's group.

5. What does Ursa's mother do that Ursa wants her to stop doing?
(a) Hiding secrets from her.
(b) Working for a white woman.
(c) Living alone.
(d) Canning things for people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jeffy threaten that makes Ursa mad?

2. What happened to Corregidora that affected him physically?

3. What prompts Ursa's father to talk to her mother for the first time?

4. After May Alice finds out she is pregnant, what does she want Ursa to tell Harold for her?

5. What mistake does the doctor make when Ursa goes to see him?

(see the answer key)

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