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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Pages 97 through 132.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ursa say the blues do for her?
(a) It makes her sadness go away.
(b) It helps her keep men away.
(c) It helps explain what she cannot explain.
(d) It makes her feel pain easier.

2. What kind of plantation did Ursa's great grandmother work on?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Coffee bean.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Sugar Cane.

3. In Ursa's story about the black man in the car trying to pick her up, who else is in the car?
(a) Two white girls and another man.
(b) Ursa's mother.
(c) Mary Alice.
(d) Mutt.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tadpole tell Cat about her roots?

2. What question does Cat ask Ursa in regards to her relationship with Tadpole?

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

4. What does Tadpole tell Ursa that she cannot say back?

5. How does Ursa's father treat her mother when they meet for the last time?

(see the answer key)

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