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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prompts Ursa's mother to see Ursa's father for the last time?
(a) He sends her money and she goes to return it.
(b) He is in jail and needs her help.
(c) He writes her professing his love for her.
(d) She reads that he is a rich businessman, and goes to see him.

2. 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.

3. What does Mutt say his great-grandfather ate when he went crazy?
(a) Onions and peppermints.
(b) Beets and gravy.
(c) Sardines and liver.
(d) Incense and peppermints.

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

5. What does Ursa's mother do that Ursa wants her to stop doing?
(a) Working for a white woman.
(b) Hiding secrets from her.
(c) Living alone.
(d) Canning things for people.

6. Where does the drunken man at the Spider work with whom Ursa sits down and talks to?
(a) The Drake.
(b) Happy's.
(c) Preston's.
(d) Snapper's.

7. Who recognizes Ursa in the street when she goes back to her grandmother's funeral?
(a) Corregidora.
(b) Mr. Floyd's mother.
(c) Mr. Deak.
(d) Mr. Deak's mother.

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

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

10. What physical characteristic does Ursa's mother say that Ursa has in common with her father?
(a) Red hair.
(b) Straight teeth.
(c) Dark skin.
(d) Long legs.

11. How does Ursa's father treat her mother when they meet for the last time?
(a) He cries and says he is sorry.
(b) He is indifferent.
(c) He beats her.
(d) He makes love to her.

12. What town does Ursa's mother live in?
(a) Coaltown.
(b) Madison.
(c) Macomb.
(d) Bracktown.

13. How old is Ursa when she sees May Alice having sex in Mr. Jouette's field?
(a) 10.
(b) 13.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mr. Floyd?

2. Where does Ursa hear about the Melrose woman's suicide?

3. What happens to let Ursa's mother out of the conversation with Ursa's father during their first time talking?

4. When Ursa visits May Alice in the hospital, what does May Alice say that makes Ursa leave?

5. What year is it at the beginning of Chapter 4?

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