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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 does Cat know about Ursa that she has not told anyone yet when Cat first visits her?
(a) That Ursa was having an affair.
(b) That Ursa is out for Tadpole's money.
(c) That Ursa was pregnant when she fell.
(d) That Mutt did not push Ursa.

2. What does Corregidora call his favorite girl?
(a) Chiquita.
(b) Dorita.
(c) Dorito.
(d) Manchengo.

3. Finish the sentence: "When it's time to give witness, I'll make a fetus out of ______."
(a) Memories.
(b) Grounds of coffee.
(c) Blood.
(d) Songs.

4. On what condition does Tadpole allow Ursa to start work again?
(a) There is a chair for her to sit on.
(b) She can only sing happy songs.
(c) She can only sing one song per night.
(d) She can only sing in the daytime.

5. What does Ursa say the blues do for her?
(a) It makes her sadness go away.
(b) It makes her feel pain easier.
(c) It helps her keep men away.
(d) It helps explain what she cannot explain.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Tadpole's last name?

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

4. What does the man between her legs say to Ursa in her dream?

5. According to Ursa, how did her father die?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. Who is the primary figure in Ursa's dream? What does he say to her?

7. Why does Mutt not want Ursa to sing at Happy's? What happens when they have an argument over it in the alley?

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

9. What does Tadpole say about where his father is? What does Ursa tell Tadpole about her father?

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

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