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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 does Tadpole say his father did whenever he saved money?
(a) Bought land.
(b) Put it in the bank.
(c) Bought his children new shoes.
(d) Bought pretty things for his mother.

2. What does Mutt do to punish Ursa when he is angry with her when they are married?
(a) Denies her sex.
(b) Beats her.
(c) Does not speak to her.
(d) Cheats on her.

3. What consequence did the plantation wife face because of her actions with her white boss?
(a) She and her husband ran away before they could be punished.
(b) She and her husband were sent back to Africa.
(c) She and her husband were killed.
(d) She and her husband were sold to another plantation.

4. What makes Ursa decide to go back to Tadpole's place?
(a) Cat asks her to run away with her and Jeffy.
(b) Ursa and Cat get into an argument.
(c) Jeffy threatens to kill her in her sleep.
(d) She knows Cat and Jeffy are in a relationship.

5. What did Mutt work with that he got tired of, prompting him to come back to Bracktown?
(a) Corn.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Sugar Cane.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finish the line: "I said if that nigger loved me he wouldnta ______."

2. Finish the line: "I wanted to come back home to my own bed and not ______."

3. What does Mutt say to Ursa at the end of the novel?

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

5. Why does Ursa throw Jeffy out of the bed they are sharing?

(see the answer key)

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