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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 is Cat's last name?
2. How does Cat say Ursa has changed?
3. When Ursa and Sal are talking for the first time, what does Sal drink?
4. What does Mutt say to Ursa when he does not want her affection?
5. What is the name of the boy that Ursa plays doctor with when she was a child?
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. When Cat comes to visit Ursa, what question does she plant in Ursa's mind? What is Ursa's response to this?
3. Who was Corregidora? How is Ursa related to him?
4. What makes Ursa leave Cat's place? What does she tell Tadpole about this?
5. Who is Tadpole with when he fails to pick Ursa up from work? How old is she?
6. When Jeffy comes to sleep in Ursa's room, what does Ursa offer him? How is this offer revoked later in the night?
7. What does Ursa remember asking Mutt about wives? What was Mutt's response to this question?
8. Why does Tadpole take Ursa to Happy's to recover? What does Ursa ask Tadpole to do for her?
9. Who comes to visit Ursa at Happy's while she is recovering? What does she know about Ursa that Ursa has not told anyone?
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
Ursa is hurt both physically and emotionally in the novel. Write an essay about the role of pain and hurt in the novel, making sure to address the duality of this theme. What does Ursa learn from her pain? Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.
Essay Topic 2
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.
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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