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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. Where is the new owner of Happy's from?
(a) New Orleans, Louisiana.
(b) Columbus, Ohio.
(c) Trenton, New Jersey.
(d) Detroit, Michigan.

2. What town does Ursa's mother live in?
(a) Macomb.
(b) Madison.
(c) Bracktown.
(d) Coaltown.

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

4. Where does Jeffrene work?
(a) The Narcotics hospital.
(b) Mr. Deak's store.
(c) The Spider.
(d) Happy's.

5. What did the old man tell the slave who was running away to rub on his feet so that the dogs couldn't track him?
(a) Garlic.
(b) Salt.
(c) Manure.
(d) Dirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mr. Floyd?

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

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

4. What does Ursa say about hate and desire?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. When Mutt and Ursa go back to the drake together, what does Ursa do to Mutt? How is this different from their relationship before?

7. How did Corregidora feel about great-gram seeing black men? What does he say about this?

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

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

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

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