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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. What does Ursa's father do when he finds out Ursa's mother is pregnant?
2. What does Jeffrene ask Ursa to do during the last time they talk to one another?
3. What does Ursa's mother say Mr. Floyd keeps asking her to do?
4. What did Mutt work with that he got tired of, prompting him to come back to Bracktown?
5. How old was the Melrose girl who committed suicide?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What does Mutt ask Ursa when they reunite at Happy's? What is Ursa's response?
3. When Ursa goes to visit Mary Alice in the hospital, what makes her uncomfortable? What makes her leave abruptly?
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 was the name of Ursa's father? Where did he and Ursa's mother meet?
6. 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?
7. How many pregnancy scares does Mary Alice have? When she actually becomes pregnant, what does she tell Ursa?
8. What does Mutt say to Ursa at the end of the novel? What is Ursa's response?
9. Whom does Ursa occasionally see in the street? How does Ursa become a free woman?
10. When Ursa comes to visit her mother, what is her mother doing? Why is she doing this?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Think about the role of dreams in the novel. How are dreams reflective of what a person really feels? Write an essay about the symbolism of dreams in the novel. Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay on the symbolism behind Ursa's change of voice in the novel. Does the change represent something more than a physical change? Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.
Essay Topic 3
Ownership is an important element in the novel. Write an essay on the role of ownership in the novel. Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.
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