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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. With whom does Ursa tell tadpole she could have sung?
2. What year does Ursa say Mutt and she were married?
3. Who is the witness at Tadpole and Ursa's wedding?
4. What does Ursa promise to Cat the last time she sees her?
5. What is the name of Mutt's cousin?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Jeffy comes to sleep in Ursa's room, what does Ursa offer him? How is this offer revoked later in the night?
2. What news does Tadpole have about Cat after Tadpole and Ursa's wedding? What is Ursa's reaction to the news?
3. What does Tadpole say about it when Ursa is offered a job at the Spider? Whom does Ursa say he can hire in her place?
4. Who is the primary figure in Ursa's dream? What does he say to her?
5. What does Tadpole tell Ursa about his father and what he did with his savings? What was the result of that?
6. When Jimmy comes into Happy's to talk to Ursa, what does she want Jimmy to tell Mutt? What happens later that night between Ursa and Tadpole?
7. Whom does Ursa's grandmother say Corregidora resembles? Why would she be afraid to tell him this?
8. Who comes to visit Cat while Ursa is staying there? What does Ursa overhear Cat say about her?
9. When Cat comes to visit Ursa, what question does she plant in Ursa's mind? What is Ursa's response to this?
10. What does Mutt want to do on their wedding night? What do they end up doing instead?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The characters in the novel use sex to hold power over one another. Write an essay on the theme of sex as power. Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.
Essay Topic 2
Ownership is an important element in the novel. Write an essay on the role of ownership in the novel. Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about the use of the womb in the novel, focusing on at least three characters in your explanation of the theme. Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.
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