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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IV and V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year is it at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1950.

2. What does Tadpole say to Ursa when she asks him whether she should take the job at the Spider?
(a) You my woman.
(b) It ain't my voice.
(c) You your own woman.
(d) Ain't none of my business.

3. Why does Cat not let anyone sleep on the couch?
(a) The cat loves the couch.
(b) Sleeping on the couch is unrefined.
(c) Because it is the only piece of nice furniture.
(d) The couch is infested with lice.

4. What happened to Ursa the last time she was in Bracktown?
(a) The men were rude to her, asking her for inappropriate favors.
(b) Her mother dragged her offstage while she was singing.
(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.

5. What does Ursa's father call her mother?
(a) Woman.
(b) Sweetie.
(c) Lil woman.
(d) Correy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ursa's mother think about her singing?

2. What does she tell Ursa when May Alice is upset when she find out she is pregnant?

3. What kind of plantation did Ursa's great grandmother work on?

4. Where had Mutt been working while he was gone from Bracktown?

5. How does Cat say Ursa has changed?

(see the answer key)

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