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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter II, Pages 69 through 96.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Finish the line: "I said if that nigger loved me he wouldnta ______."
(a) Thrown me down the steps.
(b) Abandoned me like this.
(c) Ran off with another woman.
(d) Killed my baby.

2. How old is the girl that Tadpole hires in Ursa's place?
(a) 25.
(b) 15.
(c) 13.
(d) 30.

3. What does Tadpole say Ursa's hair is like?
(a) The wind.
(b) Trees.
(c) Rivers.
(d) Oceans.

4. After abolition, what did most of Corregidora's women do?
(a) Put a spell on Corregidora.
(b) Plotted Corregidora's murder.
(c) Left.
(d) Stayed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ursa say her birthmark is?

2. In Ursa's story about the black man in the car trying to pick her up, who else is in the car?

3. What did the wife do to the white man who was raping her in the story about the black couple on the plantation?

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

5. What does Cat drop when her boss tries to make a move on her in the kitchen?

(see the answer key)

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