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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. What is it about Ursa's appearance that concerned Mutt when they were together?
(a) She was losing weight.
(b) Her hair was falling out.
(c) The circles under her eyes.
(d) She bruised easily.

2. How does Cat say Ursa has changed?
(a) She is less respectful.
(b) Her voice is different.
(c) She is angrier.
(d) She is stronger.

3. How does Tadpole get his name?
(a) He is an avid fisherman.
(b) He would pretend he was a frog as a child.
(c) He always messed with tadpole holes as a child.
(d) He loves to swim.

4. How old is Ursa when Great-Gram tells her about her family history?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Five.

5. Finish the line: "I said if that nigger loved me he wouldnta ______."
(a) Thrown me down the steps.
(b) Ran off with another woman.
(c) Abandoned me like this.
(d) Killed my baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What medical procedure does Ursa have to undergo at the beginning of the novel?

2. Who is Corregidora?

3. What does Tadpole do to Mutt after Ursa is hospitalized?

4. What does Tadpole say his father did after the war?

5. What does Max say about Ursa's voice at the Spider?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Tadpole is concerned about the dark circles underneath Ursa's eyes, what does she tell him? What does the doctor prescribe?

2. For whom does the doctor mistake Tadpole? What does Ursa tell him after this?

3. What is Cat's reaction to Ursa's treatment of Jeffy? What does Ursa think about her treatment of Jeffy?

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

5. What does Ursa do during breakfast at Cat's? What does Cat say about this?

6. After her second checkup, what does the doctor tell Ursa she can do? Who has apprehensions about 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 want Ursa to tell him but will not during their argument? What does he say when he is leaving the room?

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

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

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