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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 Mutt do to punish Ursa when he is angry with her when they are married?
(a) Does not speak to her.
(b) Cheats on her.
(c) Denies her sex.
(d) Beats her.

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

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

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

5. 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) Manure.
(b) Salt.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Garlic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Jeffrene work?

3. What prompts Ursa's mother to see Ursa's father for the last time?

4. What does Ursa's mother offer to make her when she comes to visit?

5. What ingredient do Grandma and Mama send Ursa to the store to get when she is little?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ursa think telling the story of her father will help her mother? What does Ursa think about her own relationship with men?

2. What is the name of the boy that Mary Alice begins to have sex with? What does Mary Alice tell Ursa when Ursa says she should stop?

3. What finally prompts Ursa's father to speak to Ursa's mother? What do they do together while they are getting to know one another?

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

5. How many pregnancy scares does Mary Alice have? When she actually becomes pregnant, what does she tell Ursa?

6. What year is it at the beginning of Chapter 4? How old is Ursa?

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

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

9. After Ursa's father finds out Ursa's mother is pregnant, what does he do? What does he do after that?

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

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