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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year does Ursa say Mutt and she were married?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1962.

2. How old is Ursa when Great-Gram tells her about her family history?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Five.

3. What is Cat's last name?
(a) Landers.
(b) Granderson.
(c) Baloo.
(d) Lawson.

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

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

6. What does Cat know about Ursa that she has not told anyone yet when Cat first visits her?
(a) That Ursa was pregnant when she fell.
(b) That Ursa is out for Tadpole's money.
(c) That Mutt did not push Ursa.
(d) That Ursa was having an affair.

7. Finish the line: "I wanted to come back home to my own bed and not ______."
(a) Feel undeserving of love.
(b) Hate the man next to me.
(c) Have to pretend.
(d) Be made fool of.

8. What is the name of Mutt's cousin?
(a) Sal.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) Mike.
(d) Pete.

9. According to Ursa, how did her father die?
(a) A woman poisoned him.
(b) He died in a car accident.
(c) He drank himself to death.
(d) Her mother killed him.

10. What does Ursa do for Cat after breakfast?
(a) Washes the dishes.
(b) Plays cards with her.
(c) Dances with her.
(d) Sings for her.

11. Who is Ursa surprised to see while working at the Spider?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Mutt.
(c) Tadpole.
(d) Sal.

12. What does Cat drop when her boss tries to make a move on her in the kitchen?
(a) Coffee grounds.
(b) A glass pitcher.
(c) A carton of eggs.
(d) A basket of apples.

13. What does Mutt say to Ursa when he does not want her affection?
(a) Get away from me.
(b) I am not in the mood!
(c) Do not bring it here.
(d) Do not touch me.

14. What happened to Corregidora that affected him physically?
(a) He had a stroke.
(b) He was shot.
(c) He had a brain aneurysm.
(d) He got in a fistfight.

15. What does Tadpole say his father did after the war?
(a) Stayed in France.
(b) Made enough money to bring them to Europe.
(c) Killed himself in France.
(d) Came home, but was traumatized.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ursa say her birthmark is?

2. What does Great-Gram say Corregidora looked like?

3. What does Ursa say about roots when Tadpole talks to Cat?

4. What consequence did the plantation wife face because of her actions with her white boss?

5. What does Jeffy threaten that makes Ursa mad?

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