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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cat drop when her boss tries to make a move on her in the kitchen?
(a) A basket of apples.
(b) Coffee grounds.
(c) A carton of eggs.
(d) A glass pitcher.

2. Where is Ursa when the man tries to pick her up?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Macomb.
(c) Alabama.
(d) New Orleans.

3. What does Great-Gram say Corregidora looked like?
(a) A Mexican.
(b) An Asian.
(c) A thief.
(d) An Indian.

4. Why was Ursa embarrassed about the picture of her and Mutt?
(a) She was looking at her and not the two of them.
(b) She felt the picture was vain.
(c) Mutt was holding her too close in the picture.
(d) She was embarrassed at her smile in the picture.

5. How many eggs does Cat cook Ursa for breakfast?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

6. How old is Ursa when Great-Gram tells her about her family history?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Five.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Fifteen.

7. What does Ursa say about roots when Tadpole talks to Cat?
(a) You cannot deny them.
(b) You cannot sew them back on.
(c) You always carry them with you.
(d) They die quickly and without warning.

8. What does the man between her legs say to Ursa in her dream?
(a) You still got it.
(b) It looks ugly in there.
(c) We make a life together.
(d) I love you.

9. What does Tadpole say Ursa's eyes do to a man?
(a) Makes him sad.
(b) Makes him want to die.
(c) Makes him crazy.
(d) Makes him want to climb inside them.

10. How old is the girl that Tadpole hires in Ursa's place?
(a) 30.
(b) 25.
(c) 15.
(d) 13.

11. Who is at Cat's place when Ursa goes to stay there?
(a) Sal.
(b) Jeffy.
(c) Vivian.
(d) Lenore.

12. What does Ursa tell the man in the car who tries to pick her up?
(a) She has a gun.
(b) She is going to the police.
(c) She has a boyfriend.
(d) She is a lesbian.

13. What does Cat make Ursa for dinner when she is staying there?
(a) Fried chicken.
(b) Pot pie.
(c) Pot Roast.
(d) Vegetable soup.

14. In Ursa's dream, who is between her legs?
(a) Mutt.
(b) Corregidora.
(c) A baby.
(d) Tadpole.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Ursa the last time she was in Bracktown?

2. What year does Ursa say Mutt and she were married?

3. What does Jeffy threaten that makes Ursa mad?

4. What did the wife do to the white man who was raping her in the story about the black couple on the plantation?

5. What does Corregidora call his favorite girl?

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