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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Ursa tell tadpole she could have sung?
(a) Cab Calloway.
(b) Jack Benny.
(c) Billie Holiday.
(d) Louis Armstrong.

2. Why does Ursa throw Jeffy out of the bed they are sharing?
(a) Jeffy snores too loud.
(b) Jeffy tries to smother Ursa.
(c) Jeffy tries to feel Ursa up.
(d) It is too hot to share a bed.

3. What is Ursa's drink of choice throughout the novel?
(a) Wine.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Coke.
(d) Beer.

4. What makes Sal Cooper start to like Ursa?
(a) Ursa saved her life.
(b) Ursa stood up for her when someone said she couldn't sing well.
(c) Ursa told Tadpole to hire her.
(d) Ursa married Tadpole, who was darker skinned than she.

5. What happened to Ursa the last time she was in Bracktown?
(a) The women were mean to her, thinking she would steal their men.
(b) The men were rude to her, asking her for inappropriate favors.
(c) Her mother dragged her offstage while she was singing.
(d) Her mother got mad at her because she wouldn't go to church.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Ursa's dream, how does she say she gives birth?

2. What is the name of Mutt's cousin?

3. What does Ursa say she will do to someone who tries to take away her music?

4. What does Ursa say the blues do for her?

5. Where does Ursa say her birthmark is?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom does Ursa's grandmother say Corregidora resembles? Why would she be afraid to tell him this?

2. When Jimmy comes into Happy's to talk to Ursa, what does she want Jimmy to tell Mutt? What happens later that night between Ursa and Tadpole?

3. Why does Tadpole take Ursa to Happy's to recover? What does Ursa ask Tadpole to do for her?

4. When Tadpole visits Ursa to make amends for what he did, what does he tell Ursa? What is Ursa's response to this?

5. What does Ursa remember asking Mutt about wives? What was Mutt's response to this question?

6. When Cat comes to visit Ursa, what question does she plant in Ursa's mind? What is Ursa's response to this?

7. What news does Tadpole have about Cat after Tadpole and Ursa's wedding? What is Ursa's reaction to the news?

8. What does Tadpole say about it when Ursa is offered a job at the Spider? Whom does Ursa say he can hire in her place?

9. What does Tadpole tell Ursa her hair looks like? What question is Ursa afraid to ask Tadpole after he says this?

10. What does Tadpole want Ursa to tell him but will not during their argument? What does he say when he is leaving the room?

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