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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Cat not let anyone sleep on the couch?
(a) The cat loves the couch.
(b) Because it is the only piece of nice furniture.
(c) Sleeping on the couch is unrefined.
(d) The couch is infested with lice.

2. What ingredient do Grandma and Mama send Ursa to the store to get when she is little?
(a) Milk.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Flour.
(d) Cornmeal.

3. Where do May Alice and her mother eventually move?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Texas.
(d) Mississippi.

4. What does Tadpole tell Ursa that she cannot say back?
(a) Goodbye.
(b) I have never loved another.
(c) You are my one and only.
(d) I love you.

5. Where does Ursa hear about the Melrose woman's suicide?
(a) The Spider.
(b) Happy's.
(c) Deak's store.
(d) Cat's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ursa throw Jeffy out of the bed they are sharing?

2. How does May Alice behave while the doctor examines her?

3. In whose place does Ursa always imagine May Alice?

4. What does Ursa overhear when she wakes up from her dream at Cat's house?

5. What is Ursa's drink of choice throughout the novel?

(see the answer key)

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