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

2. What is the name of Mutt's cousin?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Sal.
(c) Mike.
(d) Pete.

3. What consequence did the plantation wife face because of her actions with her white boss?
(a) She and her husband were sold to another plantation.
(b) She and her husband were killed.
(c) She and her husband were sent back to Africa.
(d) She and her husband ran away before they could be punished.

4. Why does Cat not let anyone sleep on the couch?
(a) The couch is infested with lice.
(b) Sleeping on the couch is unrefined.
(c) Because it is the only piece of nice furniture.
(d) The cat loves the couch.

5. What does Tadpole tell Ursa that she cannot say back?
(a) Goodbye.
(b) I have never loved another.
(c) I love you.
(d) You are my one and only.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ursa and Sal are talking for the first time, what does Sal drink?

2. Why does Ursa throw Jeffy out of the bed they are sharing?

3. In Ursa's dream, who is between her legs?

4. How long does Ursa stay in the Drake before Tadpole comes to see her after she finds Tadpole cheating on her?

5. What do Tadpole and Ursa do on their wedding night instead of going out?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Mutt want to do on their wedding night? What do they end up doing instead?

3. After her second checkup, what does the doctor tell Ursa she can do? Who has apprehensions about this?

4. What makes Ursa leave Cat's place? What does she tell Tadpole about this?

5. Who is Tadpole with when he fails to pick Ursa up from work? How old is she?

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

7. What prompts Sal Cooper to start talking to Ursa? What do they talk about during their first conversation?

8. When Jeffy comes to sleep in Ursa's room, what does Ursa offer him? How is this offer revoked later in the night?

9. 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?

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

(see the answer keys)

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