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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Finish the sentence: "When it's time to give witness, I'll make a fetus out of ______."
(a) Blood.
(b) Grounds of coffee.
(c) Memories.
(d) Songs.

3. What is the name of the man in the car who tries to pick Ursa up?
(a) Uri Jacobs.
(b) Mike Jones.
(c) Giles Harvey.
(d) Urban Jones.

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

5. What does Mutt do to Ursa in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Proposes to her.
(b) Pulls her hair out when she will not listen to him.
(c) Pushes her down stairs during an argument.
(d) Kills a man who is interested in her.

6. What does Tadpole tell Cat about her roots?
(a) They are wherever you take them.
(b) They cannot be ripped up.
(c) They are only where you were born.
(d) You cannot ever shed them.

7. What does Tadpole do to Mutt after Ursa is hospitalized?
(a) Kills him.
(b) Beats him up.
(c) Runs him out of town.
(d) Bans him from Happy's.

8. What does Ursa say she will do to someone who tries to take away her music?
(a) Cut their hair.
(b) Submit to them.
(c) Pluck out there eyes.
(d) Murder them.

9. After abolition, what did most of Corregidora's women do?
(a) Put a spell on Corregidora.
(b) Stayed.
(c) Plotted Corregidora's murder.
(d) Left.

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

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

12. Finish the line: "His hair was so dark and greasy straight that you could a swore he was pure ______."
(a) Devil.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Evil.
(d) Indian.

13. Who is Corregidora?
(a) A Cuban plantation owner.
(b) A Portuguese plantation owner.
(c) A Spanish sea captain.
(d) A Brazilian slave owner.

14. What does Ursa do for Cat after breakfast?
(a) Dances with her.
(b) Plays cards with her.
(c) Sings for her.
(d) Washes the dishes.

15. What does Tadpole say his father did after the war?
(a) Stayed in France.
(b) Made enough money to bring them to Europe.
(c) Came home, but was traumatized.
(d) Killed himself in France.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Ursa tell tadpole she could have sung?

2. Who is at Cat's place when Ursa goes to stay there?

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

4. What does Ursa say about roots when Tadpole talks to Cat?

5. What makes Ursa decide to go back to Tadpole's place?

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