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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kinds of pills does the doctor prescribe Ursa when she visits him a second time?
(a) Iron pills.
(b) Sleeping pills.
(c) Pain pills.
(d) Vitamin D pills.

2. When Ursa and Sal are talking for the first time, what does Sal drink?
(a) A beer.
(b) Wine.
(c) A Coke.
(d) Whiskey.

3. What is Ursa's drink of choice throughout the novel?
(a) Coke.
(b) Beer.
(c) Wine.
(d) Whiskey.

4. How does May Alice's mother find out that May Alice is pregnant?
(a) May Alice comes to her for help.
(b) She does not see blood in her underwear anymore.
(c) She overhears May Alice talking to Ursa.
(d) Harold tells her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the girl that Tadpole hires in Ursa's place?

2. What makes Ursa decide to go back to Tadpole's place?

3. What does Tadpole say Ursa's eyes do to a man?

4. How many eggs does Cat cook Ursa for breakfast?

5. When Ursa is young and she thinks a boy got her pregnant, what does she do?

(see the answer key)

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