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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 Great-Gram say Corregidora looked like?
2. Why was Ursa embarrassed about the picture of her and Mutt?
3. Who is telling Ursa the story in italics in the first chapter?
4. What year does Ursa say Mutt and she were married?
5. What mistake does the doctor make when Ursa goes to see him?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Cat comes to visit Ursa, what question does she plant in Ursa's mind? What is Ursa's response to this?
2. Whom does Ursa's grandmother say Corregidora resembles? Why would she be afraid to tell him this?
3. When Tadpole visits Ursa to make amends for what he did, what does he tell Ursa? What is Ursa's response to this?
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. Who is the primary figure in Ursa's dream? What does he say to her?
6. Whom does Tadpole ask to be a witness at his wedding? Why is Ursa uncomfortable with this?
7. 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?
8. Why does Tadpole take Ursa to Happy's to recover? What does Ursa ask Tadpole to do for her?
9. For whom does the doctor mistake Tadpole? What does Ursa tell him after this?
10. What does Cat tell Ursa about her past? How does their conversation end?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay on the role of evidence in the novel. Why is it important? How is it shown? 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
Ursa sings the blues onstage. Write an essay on the theme of self expression in the form of song in the novel. Why is Ursa only able to express herself through song? What conflicts does this lead to in her life? Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.
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