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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. How does Ursa's mother react to May Alice's pregnancy?
(a) That May Alice is a slut.
(b) That Ursa shouldn't have anything to do with her.
(c) That Ursa should follow her example.
(d) That Ursa can learn from May Alice.

2. How old was Ursa when the Melrose woman committed suicide?
(a) 20.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 6.

3. What does Ursa's father call her mother?
(a) Lil woman.
(b) Sweetie.
(c) Woman.
(d) Correy.

4. Who is embarrassing Ursa while she works at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Mutt.
(b) Tadpole.
(c) Vivian.
(d) Jimmy.

5. What happened to Cat while she was working?
(a) She got a promotion.
(b) She was raped.
(c) Her hair was caught in a machine.
(d) Her arm was chopped off.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jeffrene work?

2. Why does Ursa get mad at Mutt when they are at the dance together?

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

4. Where does the drunken man at the Spider work with whom Ursa sits down and talks to?

5. What does May Alice think about using on herself when she thinks she is pregnant the first time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What year is it at the beginning of Chapter 4? How old is Ursa?

2. What is the name of the boy that Mary Alice begins to have sex with? What does Mary Alice tell Ursa when Ursa says she should stop?

3. Who comes in to warn Ursa that Mutt is back in town? What is Ursa's reaction to this bit of news?

4. When Mutt and Ursa are at a dance together, what does Mutt do that embarrasses Ursa? What does she say to him during this conflict?

5. After Ursa's father finds out Ursa's mother is pregnant, what does he do? What does he do after that?

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

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

8. When Ursa comes to visit her mother, what is her mother doing? Why is she doing this?

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

10. How does Ursa think telling the story of her father will help her mother? What does Ursa think about her own relationship with men?

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