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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is telling Ursa the story in italics in the first chapter?
(a) Ursa herself.
(b) Great-gram.
(c) Grandma.
(d) Mama.
2. How does Tadpole get his name?
(a) He always messed with tadpole holes as a child.
(b) He would pretend he was a frog as a child.
(c) He loves to swim.
(d) He is an avid fisherman.
3. With whom does Ursa tell tadpole she could have sung?
(a) Jack Benny.
(b) Cab Calloway.
(c) Louis Armstrong.
(d) Billie Holiday.
4. Who is the author of Corregidora?
(a) Gayl Simmons.
(b) Gayl Danticat.
(c) Gayl Smith.
(d) Gayl Jones.
5. What does Mutt's cousin ask Ursa that makes her mad?
(a) What man she sings to now.
(b) Why she acts like a whore on stage.
(c) Why she denies her feelings for Mutt.
(d) Whether she can still have sex.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who performs at Happy's while Ursa is out?
2. What does Tadpole say his father did whenever he saved money?
3. What happened to Ursa the last time she was in Bracktown?
4. What does Ursa promise to Cat the last time she sees her?
5. What makes Sal Cooper start to like Ursa?
Short Essay Questions
1. After her second checkup, what does the doctor tell Ursa she can do? Who has apprehensions about this?
2. Who comes to visit Cat while Ursa is staying there? What does Ursa overhear Cat say about her?
3. For whom does the doctor mistake Tadpole? What does Ursa tell him after this?
4. Who was Corregidora? How is Ursa related to him?
5. Whom does Tadpole ask to be a witness at his wedding? Why is Ursa uncomfortable with this?
6. What does Ursa do during breakfast at Cat's? What does Cat say about this?
7. What does Tadpole want Ursa to tell him but will not during their argument? What does he say when he is leaving the room?
8. Whom does Ursa's grandmother say Corregidora resembles? Why would she be afraid to tell him this?
9. When Tadpole is concerned about the dark circles underneath Ursa's eyes, what does she tell him? What does the doctor prescribe?
10. What makes Ursa leave Cat's place? What does she tell Tadpole about this?
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