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

2. When Ursa is young and she thinks a boy got her pregnant, what does she do?
(a) Goes to a doctor.
(b) Gets an abortion.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Starves herself.

3. What does Jeffrene ask Ursa to do during the last time they talk to one another?
(a) Go back to Mutt.
(b) Admit that she is a lesbian.
(c) Go and see Cat.
(d) Lend her money.

4. What does Ursa say about her mother and men?
(a) Men think of her mother as an uncatchable fish.
(b) She has never seen her with a man.
(c) Her mother is a man-eater.
(d) Her mother never laid eyes on a man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom is May Alice sleeping with?

2. After May Alice finds out she is pregnant, what does she want Ursa to tell Harold for her?

3. How old is Ursa when she sees May Alice having sex in Mr. Jouette's field?

4. What does Ursa say back to Mutt at the end of the novel?

5. What is the name of Ursa's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. When Ursa sees Jeffrene in the street, what is different about her? Where does Jeffrene work?

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

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

5. What was the name of Ursa's father? Where did he and Ursa's mother meet?

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. 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?

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