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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 Ursa tell the man in the car who tries to pick her up?
2. What does Ursa promise to Cat the last time she sees her?
3. What does Cat know about Ursa that she has not told anyone yet when Cat first visits her?
4. What is the name of the place where Ursa and Mutt stay together?
5. What is Cat's last name?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Tadpole say about where his father is? What does Ursa tell Tadpole about her father?
2. Whom does Ursa's grandmother say Corregidora resembles? Why would she be afraid to tell him this?
3. What does Tadpole want Ursa to tell him but will not during their argument? What does he say when he is leaving the room?
4. While Ursa is staying at Cat's place, what does Cat tell Ursa about Tadpole? What does she say about Mutt?
5. Who was Corregidora? How is Ursa related to him?
6. 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?
7. Who is the primary figure in Ursa's dream? What does he say to her?
8. What does Mutt want to do on their wedding night? What do they end up doing instead?
9. What makes Ursa leave Cat's place? What does she tell Tadpole about this?
10. Who comes to visit Cat while Ursa is staying there? What does Ursa overhear Cat say about her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay on Cat's role in the novel, making sure to address her effect on Ursa. Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.
Essay Topic 2
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 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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