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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does May Alice's mother find out that May Alice is pregnant?
2. Why does Ursa's mother go back to the cafe even though she was afraid to speak to Ursa's father?
3. When May Alice's mother gets her test results back from the doctor's, what does she do to May Alice?
4. How does Ursa's mother react to May Alice's pregnancy?
5. Where does the drunken man at the Spider work with whom Ursa sits down and talks to?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Ursa's mother catch her singing? What is her reaction to seeing Ursa sing?
2. Why does Ursa go to Bracktown to see her mother? What does she bring her?
3. Which two characters become intertwined in Ursa's memory? How does Ursa explain this?
4. What does Ursa's mother say that she learned from her last visit with Ursa's father? What does she say about relationships?
5. What does Mutt say to Ursa at the end of the novel? What is Ursa's response?
6. 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?
7. Who comes in to warn Ursa that Mutt is back in town? What is Ursa's reaction to this bit of news?
8. What year is it at the beginning of Chapter 4? How old is Ursa?
9. Where does Mutt say he has been working? Why did he leave? Where is he working now?
10. How did Corregidora feel about great-gram seeing black men? What does he say about this?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay on Cat's role in the novel, making sure to address her effect on Ursa. Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.
Essay Topic 2
Ursa sings the blues onstage. Write an essay on the theme of self expression in the form of song in the novel. Why is Ursa only able to express herself through song? What conflicts does this lead to in her life? Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay on the role of evidence in the novel. Why is it important? How is it shown? Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.
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