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

2. Who is the author of Corregidora?
(a) Gayl Danticat.
(b) Gayl Simmons.
(c) Gayl Jones.
(d) Gayl Smith.

3. What makes Ursa decide to go back to Tadpole's place?
(a) Ursa and Cat get into an argument.
(b) Cat asks her to run away with her and Jeffy.
(c) Jeffy threatens to kill her in her sleep.
(d) She knows Cat and Jeffy are in a relationship.

4. What is the name of the man in the car who tries to pick Ursa up?
(a) Mike Jones.
(b) Giles Harvey.
(c) Uri Jacobs.
(d) Urban Jones.

5. How old is Ursa during this part of the book?
(a) 30.
(b) 25.
(c) 45.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tadpole feed Ursa when she gets out of the hospital?

2. What does Ursa do for Cat after breakfast?

3. Who is telling Ursa the story in italics in the first chapter?

4. What is the name of the boy that Ursa plays doctor with when she was a child?

5. Why was Ursa embarrassed about the picture of her and Mutt?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tadpole take Ursa to Happy's to recover? What does Ursa ask Tadpole to do for her?

2. Who was Corregidora? How is Ursa related to him?

3. Who is Tadpole with when he fails to pick Ursa up from work? How old is she?

4. What does Tadpole want Ursa to tell him but will not during their argument? What does he say when he is leaving the room?

5. What makes Ursa leave Cat's place? What does she tell Tadpole about this?

6. When Tadpole is concerned about the dark circles underneath Ursa's eyes, what does she tell him? What does the doctor prescribe?

7. What does Tadpole say about where his father is? What does Ursa tell Tadpole about her father?

8. Why does Mutt not want Ursa to sing at Happy's? What happens when they have an argument over it in the alley?

9. Who is the primary figure in Ursa's dream? What does he say to her?

10. After her second checkup, what does the doctor tell Ursa she can do? Who has apprehensions about this?

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