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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the place where Ursa and Mutt stay together?
(a) The Drake Hotel.
(b) The Westin.
(c) Happy's.
(d) The Spider.

2. What happened to Ursa the last time she was in Bracktown?
(a) Her mother dragged her offstage while she was singing.
(b) The men were rude to her, asking her for inappropriate favors.
(c) The women were mean to her, thinking she would steal their men.
(d) Her mother got mad at her because she wouldn't go to church.

3. When May Alice's mother gets her test results back from the doctor's, what does she do to May Alice?
(a) Slaps her.
(b) Hugs her.
(c) Takes her to boarding school.
(d) Cries with her.

4. What did the wife do to the white man who was raping her in the story about the black couple on the plantation?
(a) She did nothing, so that there were no repercussions.
(b) She cut off his penis.
(c) She threatened to kill him if he did not leave her alone.
(d) She screamed until someone came.

5. Whom does Ursa hear Cat speaking to about her in the hallway?
(a) Jeffy.
(b) Luerne.
(c) Sal Cooper.
(d) Vivian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Corregidora?

2. With whom does Ursa tell tadpole she could have sung?

3. What mistake does the doctor make when Ursa goes to see him?

4. What medical procedure does Ursa have to undergo at the beginning of the novel?

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

(see the answer key)

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