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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ursa's father live when Ursa's mother goes to see him for the last time?
(a) Cincinnati.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Macomb.
(d) Bracktown.

2. Who does Ursa say Mutt is acting like when he "cases a joint?"
(a) James Bond.
(b) Gary Cooper.
(c) Dick Tracy.
(d) Clint Eastwood.

3. What does Ursa say about her mother and men?
(a) Her mother never laid eyes on a man.
(b) Her mother is a man-eater.
(c) Men think of her mother as an uncatchable fish.
(d) She has never seen her with a man.

4. In what city does the Melrose woman commit suicide?
(a) Macomb.
(b) Versailles.
(c) Bracktown.
(d) Detroit.

5. What is the necklace that Ursa wears while visiting her mother made from?
(a) Seeds.
(b) Trade beads.
(c) Avocado pits.
(d) Pearls.

6. What does Ursa realize while she is giving Mutt oral sex at the end of the novel?
(a) She could kill him.
(b) She hates him.
(c) She loves him.
(d) She will never be satisfied.

7. How does Ursa's father treat her mother when they meet for the last time?
(a) He cries and says he is sorry.
(b) He makes love to her.
(c) He beats her.
(d) He is indifferent.

8. When Ursa is young and she thinks a boy got her pregnant, what does she do?
(a) Starves herself.
(b) Goes to a doctor.
(c) Gets an abortion.
(d) Runs away.

9. What prompts Ursa's mother to follow Ursa's father to his apartment?
(a) It was raining.
(b) Ursa's mother misses her bus.
(c) He needed a coat.
(d) He has a present for her.

10. Whom is May Alice sleeping with?
(a) Harold.
(b) Hank.
(c) Martin.
(d) Henry.

11. What does she tell Ursa when May Alice is upset when she find out she is pregnant?
(a) She wants to kill herself.
(b) She wishes Ursa was Harold.
(c) She wishes she were a man.
(d) She wishes she were more like Ursa.

12. Where does the drunken man at the Spider work with whom Ursa sits down and talks to?
(a) The Drake.
(b) Happy's.
(c) Snapper's.
(d) Preston's.

13. What prompts Ursa's father to talk to her mother for the first time?
(a) Ursa's mother has a bloody nose.
(b) Ursa's mother comes in for dinner and lunch the same day.
(c) Ursa's father is fired in front of her.
(d) Ursa's mother calls him over.

14. How old is Ursa at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) 60.
(b) 47.
(c) 25.
(d) 20.

15. What town does Ursa's mother live in?
(a) Macomb.
(b) Madison.
(c) Coaltown.
(d) Bracktown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cats-Eye marble's favorite word?

2. What ingredient do Grandma and Mama send Ursa to the store to get when she is little?

3. Where was the first place Ursa sang in public?

4. What is Ursa's mother doing when Ursa comes to see her?

5. What does Ursa's father do when he finds out Ursa's mother is pregnant?

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