View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where is the new owner of Happy's from?
(a) Columbus, Ohio.
(b) Detroit, Michigan.
(c) New Orleans, Louisiana.
(d) Trenton, New Jersey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the new owner of Happy's after Tadpole sells it?

2. Where had Mutt been working while he was gone from Bracktown?

3. Who recognizes Ursa in the street when she goes back to her grandmother's funeral?

4. When Mutt and Ursa go to see a show together, where is the band from?

5. How does May Alice's mother find out that May Alice is pregnant?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Mutt say he has been working? Why did he leave? Where is he working now?

2. What is the name of the man who buys Happy's from Tadpole? What does he ask Ursa?

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

4. How much older is Ursa's childhood friend, Mary Alice, than Ursa? What does she tell Ursa about, which she calls "bleeding?"

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

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

7. When Mutt and Ursa are at a dance together, what does Mutt do that embarrasses Ursa? What does she say to him during this conflict?

8. How does Ursa know that Mutt likes her when he comes to see her sing at Happy's? What does he tell her about Happy's?

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

10. What was the name of Ursa's father? Where did he and Ursa's mother meet?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 708 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample