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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do May Alice and her mother eventually move?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Texas.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Mississippi.

2. Who comes to warn Ursa that Mutt is back in town?
(a) Jack.
(b) Sal Cooper.
(c) Jeffrene.
(d) Tadpole.

3. What does Max do one time that makes Ursa uncomfortable?
(a) Tells her to wear a sexier dress.
(b) Asks her about her operation.
(c) Makes a pass at her.
(d) Asks her to sing for him personally.

4. When Mutt and Ursa go back to the Drake together, what does Ursa do?
(a) She is intimate with Mutt.
(b) Take a bath.
(c) Fight.
(d) Sleep in each other's arms.

5. How does May Alice behave while the doctor examines her?
(a) She rolls her eyes the whole time.
(b) She cries the entire time.
(c) She is stoic throughout the experience.
(d) She yells at him the entire time.

6. Why does Ursa's mother go back to the cafe even though she was afraid to speak to Ursa's father?
(a) Her body told her to.
(b) No man could make her afraid.
(c) She liked the challenge.
(d) She wanted to overcome her fears.

7. Why does Ursa get mad at Mutt when they are at the dance together?
(a) Because Mutt does not support Ursa.
(b) Because Mutt Is looking at other women.
(c) Because Mutt ignores her.
(d) Because Mutt starts grinding up on Ursa.

8. How old is Ursa at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) 60.
(b) 47.
(c) 20.
(d) 25.

9. Where does Mutt say he has a job?
(a) Greenwood cemetery.
(b) In a band.
(c) The apple orchard.
(d) At the sawmill.

10. What does Max Monroe do at the Spider?
(a) Owns the place.
(b) Max is a bouncer.
(c) Tends Bar.
(d) Plays piano.

11. What does Ursa bring her mother when she comes to visit her?
(a) Avocadoes.
(b) Cookies.
(c) Pictures.
(d) Flowers.

12. With what does Ursa say her mother was heavy?
(a) Hate.
(b) Pregnancy.
(c) Virginity.
(d) Shame.

13. Where is the new owner of Happy's from?
(a) Detroit, Michigan.
(b) Columbus, Ohio.
(c) Trenton, New Jersey.
(d) New Orleans, Louisiana.

14. Who does Ursa say Mutt is acting like when he "cases a joint?"
(a) Clint Eastwood.
(b) Gary Cooper.
(c) James Bond.
(d) Dick Tracy.

15. What prompts Ursa's mother to follow Ursa's father to his apartment?
(a) He has a present for her.
(b) Ursa's mother misses her bus.
(c) It was raining.
(d) He needed a coat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mutt work with that he got tired of, prompting him to come back to Bracktown?

2. When Ursa is young, who taunts her from outside her house when Ursa will not let them in?

3. Where does the drunken man at the Spider work with whom Ursa sits down and talks to?

4. When May Alice's mother gets her test results back from the doctor's, what does she do to May Alice?

5. In what way does Ursa think her mother telling her the story of her father will help her?

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