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

2. When Ursa reunites with Mutt, what does he ask her?
(a) To tell him if she was pregnant when she had the accident.
(b) To marry him.
(c) To come back to him.
(d) To leave him alone.

3. Where does Ursa's father live when Ursa's mother goes to see him for the last time?
(a) Macomb.
(b) Cincinnati.
(c) Bracktown.
(d) Detroit.

4. What year is it at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1969.

5. What prompts Ursa's mother to follow Ursa's father to his apartment?
(a) He has a present for her.
(b) Ursa's mother misses her bus.
(c) He needed a coat.
(d) It was raining.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prompts Ursa's father to talk to her mother for the first time?

2. What does Ursa realize while she is giving Mutt oral sex at the end of the novel?

3. Where was the first place Ursa sang in public?

4. What grade was May Alice in when she became sexually active?

5. With what does Ursa say her mother was heavy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. Where does Ursa's mother catch her singing? What is her reaction to seeing Ursa sing?

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

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