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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 does Tadpole feed Ursa when she gets out of the hospital?
2. On what condition does Tadpole allow Ursa to start work again?
3. After abolition, what did most of Corregidora's women do?
4. What does Cat do for a living?
5. In Ursa's story about the black man in the car trying to pick her up, who else is in the car?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was Corregidora? How is Ursa related to him?
2. After her second checkup, what does the doctor tell Ursa she can do? Who has apprehensions about this?
3. What does Mutt want to do on their wedding night? What do they end up doing instead?
4. Who comes to visit Ursa at Happy's while she is recovering? What does she know about Ursa that Ursa has not told anyone?
5. Who is Tadpole with when he fails to pick Ursa up from work? How old is she?
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. Why does Mutt not want Ursa to sing at Happy's? What happens when they have an argument over it in the alley?
8. Whom does Ursa's grandmother say Corregidora resembles? Why would she be afraid to tell him this?
9. Who is the primary figure in Ursa's dream? What does he say to her?
10. What news does Tadpole have about Cat after Tadpole and Ursa's wedding? What is Ursa's reaction to the news?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay on Tadpole, and his character's role in the novel. Is he there to reinforce Ursa's fear and hatred of men, or does he serve as a counter to this theme? Why or why not? Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.
Essay Topic 2
Hair is an important element in the novel. Write an essay on the role of hair in the novel, shown in at least three characters. Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.
Essay Topic 3
Ursa's mother is a strong influence on Ursa, and keeps the Corregidora women's memories. Write an essay about Ursa's mother, addressing the influence she has on Ursa, and how Ursa exhibits these influences. Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.
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