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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Ursa when the Melrose woman committed suicide?
(a) 6.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 5.

2. How does Ursa find out about her period when she is young?
(a) She sees May Alice bleeding.
(b) She gets her period at an early age.
(c) She sees bloody sheets and her mother tells her about it.
(d) Her mother warns her about it.

3. How old was the Melrose girl who committed suicide?
(a) A teenager.
(b) In her thirties.
(c) In her forties.
(d) In her twenties.

4. When Mutt and Ursa go back to the Drake together, what does Ursa do?
(a) Sleep in each other's arms.
(b) Fight.
(c) Take a bath.
(d) She is intimate with Mutt.

5. What does Ursa's mother offer to make her when she comes to visit?
(a) A sandwich.
(b) Soup.
(c) Scrambled eggs.
(d) Oatmeal.

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

7. How long is it since Ursa has seen Mutt at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 22 years.

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

9. What is the name of the man who cuts hair in the town that Ursa's mother lives in?
(a) Mr. Costigan.
(b) Mr. Kiddo.
(c) Mr. Finch.
(d) Mr. Grundy.

10. What do Ursa and May Alice call her period?
(a) Downtime.
(b) Monthly.
(c) Bleeding.
(d) River.

11. When May Alice finds out she is pregnant, where do she and Ursa go?
(a) To the doctor.
(b) To sit in the wheat field.
(c) To tell her mother right away.
(d) To another town.

12. In whose place does Ursa always imagine May Alice?
(a) Cat's place.
(b) The Melrose woman.
(c) Sal Cooper's place.
(d) Vivian's place.

13. What does Ursa say back to Mutt at the end of the novel?
(a) She does not want a man that would hurt her.
(b) She could kill Mutt and not feel a thing.
(c) She loves Mutt.
(d) She will always hate Mutt.

14. What did the old man tell the slave who was running away to rub on his feet so that the dogs couldn't track him?
(a) Garlic.
(b) Salt.
(c) Manure.
(d) Dirt.

15. How does Ursa's mother react to May Alice's pregnancy?
(a) That May Alice is a slut.
(b) That Ursa can learn from May Alice.
(c) That Ursa should follow her example.
(d) That Ursa shouldn't have anything to do with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does May Alice think about using on herself when she thinks she is pregnant the first time?

2. What is the name of Ursa's father?

3. What does Mutt say his great-grandfather ate when he went crazy?

4. What does Mutt do to punish Ursa when he is angry with her when they are married?

5. What is the necklace that Ursa wears while visiting her mother made from?

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