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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter I, Pages 37 through 68.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What medical procedure does Ursa have to undergo at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Heart surgery.
(b) Brain surgery.
(c) Mastectomy.
(d) Hysterectomy.

2. How does Tadpole get his name?
(a) He always messed with tadpole holes as a child.
(b) He is an avid fisherman.
(c) He would pretend he was a frog as a child.
(d) He loves to swim.

3. What does Ursa dream while she is staying at Cat's place?
(a) That Mutt finds her.
(b) That Tadpole comes and saves her.
(c) That she is a famous singer.
(d) That she is pregnant.

4. What does Cat do for a living?
(a) She does laundry.
(b) She sings at another nightclub.
(c) She works at the factory.
(d) She straightens people's hair.

5. What does Mutt's cousin ask Ursa that makes her mad?
(a) Why she acts like a whore on stage.
(b) What man she sings to now.
(c) Why she denies her feelings for Mutt.
(d) Whether she can still have sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Ursa embarrassed about the picture of her and Mutt?

2. What consequence did the plantation wife face because of her actions with her white boss?

3. Finish the sentence: "When it's time to give witness, I'll make a fetus out of ______."

4. What does Tadpole do to Mutt after Ursa is hospitalized?

5. On what condition does Tadpole allow Ursa to start work again?

(see the answer key)

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