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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After May Alice finds out she is pregnant, what does she want Ursa to tell Harold for her?
(a) We can make a life together.
(b) I hate you.
(c) I need money.
(d) Sorry.

2. What is the necklace that Ursa wears while visiting her mother made from?
(a) Pearls.
(b) Seeds.
(c) Avocado pits.
(d) Trade beads.

3. What is the name of Ursa's father?
(a) Nathan.
(b) Jacob.
(c) John.
(d) Martin.

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

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

6. How old was Ursa when the Melrose woman committed suicide?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

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

8. Whom is May Alice sleeping with?
(a) Henry.
(b) Harold.
(c) Hank.
(d) Martin.

9. Where did May Alice say her father lived?
(a) New York.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) New Jersey.

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

11. When Ursa is young, who taunts her from outside her house when Ursa will not let them in?
(a) Tadpole.
(b) Sal.
(c) Harvey.
(d) Harold.

12. What did Mutt work with that he got tired of, prompting him to come back to Bracktown?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Corn.
(d) Sugar Cane.

13. What is Mutt's last name?
(a) Smith.
(b) Foley.
(c) Cooper.
(d) Thomas.

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

15. When May Alice's mother gets her test results back from the doctor's, what does she do to May Alice?
(a) Slaps her.
(b) Cries with her.
(c) Hugs her.
(d) Takes her to boarding school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical characteristic does Ursa's mother say that Ursa has in common with her father?

2. What is Cats-Eye marble's favorite word?

3. When is the first time that Ursa feels a man and is frightened by it?

4. What is the name of the doctor that May Alice's mother takes her to?

5. Who owns the general store in the town that Ursa's mother lives in?

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