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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. After May Alice finds out she is pregnant, what does she want Ursa to tell Harold for her?
(a) I need money.
(b) We can make a life together.
(c) Sorry.
(d) I hate you.

2. Who owns the general store in the town that Ursa's mother lives in?
(a) Mr. Aco.
(b) Mr. Deak.
(c) Mr. Johnston.
(d) Mr. Grundy.

3. Who is Mr. Floyd?
(a) The man who owns the funeral parlor.
(b) The town doctor.
(c) The man who owns the hardware store.
(d) The man who lives across from Ursa's mother.

4. What does Mutt say Jim has told him about Ursa?
(a) That she still needs a man.
(b) That she still has her voice.
(c) That she is old and washed up.
(d) That she has moved on.

5. How old is Ursa when she sees May Alice having sex in Mr. Jouette's field?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 13.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ursa say about her mother and men?

2. How old was Ursa when the Melrose woman committed suicide?

3. Where does Ursa hear about the Melrose woman's suicide?

4. In what city does the Melrose woman commit suicide?

5. When Ursa reunites with Mutt, what does he ask her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mutt say to Ursa at the end of the novel? What is Ursa's response?

2. What scares Ursa into thinking that she may be pregnant? How does she try to get rid of her "baby"?

3. How does Ursa know that Mutt likes her when he comes to see her sing at Happy's? What does he tell her about Happy's?

4. What does Mutt ask Ursa when they reunite at Happy's? What is Ursa's response?

5. What finally prompts Ursa's father to speak to Ursa's mother? What do they do together while they are getting to know one another?

6. Which two characters become intertwined in Ursa's memory? How does Ursa explain this?

7. Where does Mutt say he has been working? Why did he leave? Where is he working now?

8. What is the name of the man who buys Happy's from Tadpole? What does he ask Ursa?

9. How old was the Melrose woman who committed suicide? Why does the Melrose woman's father investigate her case further?

10. When does Ursa's mother see Ursa's father for the last time? How does he treat her?

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