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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. What type of songs does Ursa sing?
2. How old is Ursa during this part of the book?
3. What does Ursa say she will do to someone who tries to take away her music?
4. Where does Ursa say her birthmark is?
5. Whom does Ursa hear Cat speaking to about her in the hallway?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Tadpole visits Ursa to make amends for what he did, what does he tell Ursa? What is Ursa's response to this?
2. What makes Ursa leave Cat's place? What does she tell Tadpole about this?
3. What does Tadpole tell Ursa about his father and what he did with his savings? What was the result of that?
4. Whom does Tadpole ask to be a witness at his wedding? Why is Ursa uncomfortable with this?
5. What news does Tadpole have about Cat after Tadpole and Ursa's wedding? What is Ursa's reaction to the news?
6. What does Tadpole tell Ursa her hair looks like? What question is Ursa afraid to ask Tadpole after he says this?
7. While Ursa is staying at Cat's place, what does Cat tell Ursa about Tadpole? What does she say about Mutt?
8. What does Tadpole want Ursa to tell him but will not during their argument? What does he say when he is leaving the room?
9. After her second checkup, what does the doctor tell Ursa she can do? Who has apprehensions about this?
10. What does Ursa remember asking Mutt about wives? What was Mutt's response to this question?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay on the symbolism behind Ursa's change of voice in the novel. Does the change represent something more than a physical change? Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Holes is an important theme in the novel. Explain the duality of this theme. Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.
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