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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ursa's mother say about Ursa's necklace during her visit?
(a) It makes her look like a gypsy.
(b) It is beautiful.
(c) It will attract men.
(d) It is too flashy.

2. What prompts Ursa's father to talk to her mother for the first time?
(a) Ursa's mother calls him over.
(b) Ursa's mother has a bloody nose.
(c) Ursa's father is fired in front of her.
(d) Ursa's mother comes in for dinner and lunch the same day.

3. Why does Ursa throw Jeffy out of the bed they are sharing?
(a) Jeffy tries to feel Ursa up.
(b) Jeffy tries to smother Ursa.
(c) Jeffy snores too loud.
(d) It is too hot to share a bed.

4. What does Ursa's mother do that Ursa wants her to stop doing?
(a) Canning things for people.
(b) Living alone.
(c) Hiding secrets from her.
(d) Working for a white woman.

5. How old was the Melrose girl who committed suicide?
(a) In her forties.
(b) In her thirties.
(c) In her twenties.
(d) A teenager.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Max say about Ursa's voice at the Spider?

3. What does Corregidora call his favorite girl?

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

5. What does Tadpole say his father did after the war?

(see the answer key)

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