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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the old man tell the slave who was running away to rub on his feet so that the dogs couldn't track him?
(a) Salt.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Garlic.
(d) Manure.

2. What does Ursa say about her mother and men?
(a) Her mother is a man-eater.
(b) Men think of her mother as an uncatchable fish.
(c) Her mother never laid eyes on a man.
(d) She has never seen her with a man.

3. What ingredient do Grandma and Mama send Ursa to the store to get when she is little?
(a) Flour.
(b) Cornmeal.
(c) Milk.
(d) Eggs.

4. Where had Mutt been working while he was gone from Bracktown?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Detroit.

5. What happens to let Ursa's mother out of the conversation with Ursa's father during their first time talking?
(a) His boss calls Ursa's father.
(b) There is a distraction outside and Ursa's mother slips out the back.
(c) A Jehovah's Witness comes in.
(d) Ursa's mother drops a plate.

6. What is Ursa's mother doing when Ursa comes to see her?
(a) Sweeping.
(b) Canning.
(c) Working in the garden.
(d) Washing laundry.

7. What happened to Cat while she was working?
(a) Her hair was caught in a machine.
(b) She was raped.
(c) She got a promotion.
(d) Her arm was chopped off.

8. How old was the Melrose girl who committed suicide?
(a) In her twenties.
(b) A teenager.
(c) In her thirties.
(d) In her forties.

9. What year is it at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1950.

10. When is the first time that Ursa feels a man and is frightened by it?
(a) At Happy's.
(b) At a school dance.
(c) With Mutt.
(d) In middle school.

11. What does Ursa say about hate and desire?
(a) One holds the other up.
(b) They are complete opposites.
(c) They are two humps on the same camel.
(d) One mirrors the other.

12. Where does Jeffrene work?
(a) The Narcotics hospital.
(b) Mr. Deak's store.
(c) Happy's.
(d) The Spider.

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

14. What does Ursa's mother offer to make her when she comes to visit?
(a) A sandwich.
(b) Scrambled eggs.
(c) Oatmeal.
(d) Soup.

15. Where does Tadpole move when he leaves Bracktown?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Chicago.
(c) France.
(d) New Jersey.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does May Alice's mother find out that May Alice is pregnant?

2. What does Ursa realize while she is giving Mutt oral sex at the end of the novel?

3. What does May Alice think about using on herself when she thinks she is pregnant the first time?

4. When Mutt and Ursa go to see a show together, where is the band from?

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

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