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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 long is it since Ursa has seen Mutt at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 22 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 5 years.

2. Why does Ursa's mother go back to the cafe even though she was afraid to speak to Ursa's father?
(a) Her body told her to.
(b) No man could make her afraid.
(c) She wanted to overcome her fears.
(d) She liked the challenge.

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

4. How does Ursa find out about her period when she is young?
(a) She sees May Alice bleeding.
(b) She gets her period at an early age.
(c) Her mother warns her about it.
(d) She sees bloody sheets and her mother tells her about it.

5. What does May Alice think about using on herself when she thinks she is pregnant the first time?
(a) A knitting needle.
(b) A coat hanger.
(c) A pair of scissors.
(d) Tongs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What town does Ursa's mother live in?

3. What prompts Ursa's mother to follow Ursa's father to his apartment?

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

5. Who recognizes Ursa in the street when she goes back to her grandmother's funeral?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Ursa go to Bracktown to see her mother? What does she bring her?

3. How much older is Ursa's childhood friend, Mary Alice, than Ursa? What does she tell Ursa about, which she calls "bleeding?"

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. How many pregnancy scares does Mary Alice have? When she actually becomes pregnant, what does she tell Ursa?

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

10. What does Ursa's mother say that she learned from her last visit with Ursa's father? What does she say about relationships?

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