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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year does Ursa say Mutt and she were married?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1967.

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

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

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 screamed until someone came.
(b) She did nothing, so that there were no repercussions.
(c) She cut off his penis.
(d) She threatened to kill him if he did not leave her alone.

5. How does Ursa's father treat her mother when they meet for the last time?
(a) He is indifferent.
(b) He cries and says he is sorry.
(c) He beats her.
(d) He makes love to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of songs does Ursa sing?

2. What prompts Ursa's father to talk to her mother for the first time?

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

4. When May Alice's mother gets her test results back from the doctor's, what does she do to May Alice?

5. Where was the first place Ursa sang in public?

(see the answer key)

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