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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. Where is Ursa when the man tries to pick her up?
2. What does Ursa dream while she is staying at Cat's place?
3. What does Max say about Ursa's voice at the Spider?
4. What does Ursa's Great-gram say is the most important thing?
5. What does Ursa overhear when she wakes up from her dream at Cat's house?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Tadpole say about where his father is? What does Ursa tell Tadpole about her father?
2. For whom does the doctor mistake Tadpole? What does Ursa tell him after this?
3. 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?
4. Why does Mutt not want Ursa to sing at Happy's? What happens when they have an argument over it in the alley?
5. What is Cat's reaction to Ursa's treatment of Jeffy? What does Ursa think about her treatment of Jeffy?
6. What does Cat tell Ursa about her past? How does their conversation end?
7. Who comes to visit Ursa at Happy's while she is recovering? What does she know about Ursa that Ursa has not told anyone?
8. What prompts Sal Cooper to start talking to Ursa? What do they talk about during their first conversation?
9. 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?
10. What does Ursa do during breakfast at Cat's? What does Cat say about this?
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
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 3
Memories are some of the characters' only possessions in the novel. Write an essay on the theme of memories in the novel. Why are memories valuable? How are they detrimental? Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.
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