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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 Ursa say she will do to someone who tries to take away her music?
(a) Pluck out there eyes.
(b) Cut their hair.
(c) Murder them.
(d) Submit to them.

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

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

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

5. Who is Ursa surprised to see while working at the Spider?
(a) Tadpole.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) Sal.
(d) Mutt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tadpole say to Ursa when she asks him whether she should take the job at the Spider?

2. Who is telling Ursa the story in italics in the first chapter?

3. Who is the author of Corregidora?

4. What does Cat tell Tadpole she is doing after Tadpole and Ursa's wedding?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Tadpole tell Ursa about his father and what he did with his savings? What was the result of that?

4. Who was Corregidora? How is Ursa related to him?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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