View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the man who cuts hair in the town that Ursa's mother lives in?
(a) Mr. Costigan.
(b) Mr. Kiddo.
(c) Mr. Finch.
(d) Mr. Grundy.

2. How long is it since Ursa has seen Mutt at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 22 years.
(d) 5 years.

3. What does Ursa's father call her mother?
(a) Lil woman.
(b) Sweetie.
(c) Woman.
(d) Correy.

4. In what city does the Melrose woman commit suicide?
(a) Bracktown.
(b) Versailles.
(c) Macomb.
(d) Detroit.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. How does May Alice's mother find out that May Alice is pregnant?
(a) May Alice comes to her for help.
(b) She overhears May Alice talking to Ursa.
(c) She does not see blood in her underwear anymore.
(d) Harold tells her.

12. When Ursa is with Mutt at the end of the novel, what does she realize about Great Gram and Corregidora?
(a) Corregidora loved Great Gram.
(b) Great Gram loved Corregidora.
(c) Corregidora hated her Great Gram.
(d) Gram must have satisfied something sexual with Corregidora.

13. When Ursa is young and she thinks a boy got her pregnant, what does she do?
(a) Runs away.
(b) Gets an abortion.
(c) Starves herself.
(d) Goes to a doctor.

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

15. What is the name of the doctor that May Alice's mother takes her to?
(a) Dr. Wallace.
(b) Dr. Roach.
(c) Dr. Vega.
(d) Dr. Feelgood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mutt do to punish Ursa when he is angry with her when they are married?

2. What happened to Cat while she was working?

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

4. What does Ursa's mother offer to make her when she comes to visit?

5. What prompts Ursa's mother to follow Ursa's father to his apartment?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 477 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample