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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ursa promise to Cat the last time she sees her?
(a) That she will not judge her.
(b) That she understands her needs.
(c) That she will not tell anybody about her.
(d) That she will always be there for her.

3. What does Ursa's Great-gram say is the most important thing?
(a) To live without men.
(b) To make generations.
(c) To tell the truth.
(d) To feel loved.

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

5. What does Cat know about Ursa that she has not told anyone yet when Cat first visits her?
(a) That Mutt did not push Ursa.
(b) That Ursa was pregnant when she fell.
(c) That Ursa was having an affair.
(d) That Ursa is out for Tadpole's money.

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

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

8. In Ursa's story about the black man in the car trying to pick her up, who else is in the car?
(a) Mutt.
(b) Two white girls and another man.
(c) Mary Alice.
(d) Ursa's mother.

9. What question does Cat ask Ursa in regards to her relationship with Tadpole?
(a) She asks Ursa if he is much different from Mutt.
(b) She asks Ursa if he is fulfilling her needs.
(c) She asks Ursa if he is treating her right.
(d) She asks if Ursa can give him what he needs.

10. Who performs at Happy's while Ursa is out?
(a) Sal Cooper.
(b) Don Pashe's band.
(c) Eddy Pace's group.
(d) Vivian.

11. What makes Sal Cooper start to like Ursa?
(a) Ursa saved her life.
(b) Ursa stood up for her when someone said she couldn't sing well.
(c) Ursa told Tadpole to hire her.
(d) Ursa married Tadpole, who was darker skinned than she.

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

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

14. In Ursa's dream, how does she say she gives birth?
(a) Without caring about the baby.
(b) With the help of Corregidora.
(c) Without struggle.
(d) With the help of Mutt.

15. What do Tadpole and Ursa do on their wedding night instead of going out?
(a) Tadpole closes Happy's and they dance all night.
(b) Tadpole sings Ursa to sleep.
(c) Ursa sings to Tadpole.
(d) Ursa does a show at Happy's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tadpole tell Ursa that she cannot say back?

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

3. What consequence did the plantation wife face because of her actions with her white boss?

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

5. Who is Ursa surprised to see while working at the Spider?

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