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

3. How does Ursa find out about her period when she is young?
(a) She sees bloody sheets and her mother tells her about it.
(b) Her mother warns her about it.
(c) She gets her period at an early age.
(d) She sees May Alice bleeding.

4. In what way does Ursa think her mother telling her the story of her father will help her?
(a) Maybe she will move in with Ursa now.
(b) Maybe she will be able to help Ursa with her fear of men.
(c) Maybe she will find a man now.
(d) Maybe she will be able to face her past.

5. 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.

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

7. What does Ursa say back to Mutt at the end of the novel?
(a) She will always hate Mutt.
(b) She does not want a man that would hurt her.
(c) She loves Mutt.
(d) She could kill Mutt and not feel a thing.

8. What does May Alice think about using on herself when she thinks she is pregnant the first time?
(a) Tongs.
(b) A coat hanger.
(c) A pair of scissors.
(d) A knitting needle.

9. What does Ursa realize while she is giving Mutt oral sex at the end of the novel?
(a) She hates him.
(b) She loves him.
(c) She will never be satisfied.
(d) She could kill him.

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

11. When Mutt and Ursa go to see a show together, where is the band from?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Detroit.
(d) New York.

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

13. When May Alice finds out she is pregnant, where do she and Ursa go?
(a) To tell her mother right away.
(b) To sit in the wheat field.
(c) To the doctor.
(d) To another town.

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

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