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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In Ursa's dream, who is between her legs?
(a) Mutt.
(b) Corregidora.
(c) A baby.
(d) Tadpole.
2. How old is Ursa when Great-Gram tells her about her family history?
(a) Five.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Fifteen.
3. With whom does Ursa tell tadpole she could have sung?
(a) Billie Holiday.
(b) Louis Armstrong.
(c) Cab Calloway.
(d) Jack Benny.
4. Who is the author of Corregidora?
(a) Gayl Danticat.
(b) Gayl Jones.
(c) Gayl Smith.
(d) Gayl Simmons.
5. What is the name of the boy that Ursa plays doctor with when she was a child?
(a) Harold.
(b) Henry.
(c) Hank.
(d) Homer.
6. Who is at Cat's place when Ursa goes to stay there?
(a) Sal.
(b) Vivian.
(c) Lenore.
(d) Jeffy.
7. What is it about Ursa's appearance that concerned Mutt when they were together?
(a) She bruised easily.
(b) Her hair was falling out.
(c) She was losing weight.
(d) The circles under her eyes.
8. How does Tadpole get his name?
(a) He would pretend he was a frog as a child.
(b) He always messed with tadpole holes as a child.
(c) He loves to swim.
(d) He is an avid fisherman.
9. Who performs at Happy's while Ursa is out?
(a) Don Pashe's band.
(b) Eddy Pace's group.
(c) Vivian.
(d) Sal Cooper.
10. In Ursa's dream, how does she say she gives birth?
(a) With the help of Mutt.
(b) Without struggle.
(c) Without caring about the baby.
(d) With the help of Corregidora.
11. What does Corregidora call his favorite girl?
(a) Chiquita.
(b) Dorita.
(c) Dorito.
(d) Manchengo.
12. What mistake does the doctor make when Ursa goes to see him?
(a) He hurts her scar.
(b) He gives her the wrong prescription.
(c) He thinks Tadpole is her husband.
(d) He yells at Tadpole, thinking he caused her condition.
13. What is the name of the man in the car who tries to pick Ursa up?
(a) Mike Jones.
(b) Urban Jones.
(c) Uri Jacobs.
(d) Giles Harvey.
14. What does Mutt's cousin ask Ursa that makes her mad?
(a) Why she acts like a whore on stage.
(b) Whether she can still have sex.
(c) Why she denies her feelings for Mutt.
(d) What man she sings to now.
15. What does Tadpole tell Ursa that she cannot say back?
(a) Goodbye.
(b) You are my one and only.
(c) I love you.
(d) I have never loved another.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the witness at Tadpole and Ursa's wedding?
2. What consequence did the plantation wife face because of her actions with her white boss?
3. How does Cat say Ursa has changed?
4. In Ursa's story about the black man in the car trying to pick her up, who else is in the car?
5. Finish the line: "I said if that nigger loved me he wouldnta ______."
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