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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 physical characteristic does Ursa's mother say that Ursa has in common with her father?
(a) Long legs.
(b) Straight teeth.
(c) Red hair.
(d) Dark skin.

2. What is the name of Ursa's father?
(a) Jacob.
(b) Martin.
(c) Nathan.
(d) John.

3. 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.

4. What year is it at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1969.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ursa's mother say about Ursa's necklace during her visit?

2. How does Ursa's mother react to May Alice's pregnancy?

3. When Ursa is with Mutt at the end of the novel, what does she realize about Great Gram and Corregidora?

4. When Ursa is young, who taunts her from outside her house when Ursa will not let them in?

5. What happened to Cat while she was working?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mutt ask Ursa when they reunite at Happy's? What is Ursa's response?

2. When does Ursa's mother see Ursa's father for the last time? How does he treat her?

3. What does Jeffrene tell Ursa about Cat? What does she ask of Ursa?

4. Why does Ursa go to Bracktown to see her mother? What does she bring her?

5. What does Ursa's mother do to earn a living? How does Ursa feel about this?

6. How old was the Melrose woman who committed suicide? Why does the Melrose woman's father investigate her case further?

7. What scares Ursa into thinking that she may be pregnant? How does she try to get rid of her "baby"?

8. Who comes in to warn Ursa that Mutt is back in town? What is Ursa's reaction to this bit of news?

9. How did Corregidora feel about great-gram seeing black men? What does he say about this?

10. When Ursa goes to visit Mary Alice in the hospital, what makes her uncomfortable? What makes her leave abruptly?

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