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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 happened to Cat while she was working?
2. Where does Jeffrene work?
3. What singer does Mutt tell Ursa he likes when they first meet?
4. How old is Ursa at the beginning of Chapter 4?
5. In what city does the Melrose woman commit suicide?
Short Essay Questions
1. What scares Ursa into thinking that she may be pregnant? How does she try to get rid of her "baby"?
2. How did Corregidora feel about great-gram seeing black men? What does he say about this?
3. What does Ursa's mother do to earn a living? How does Ursa feel about this?
4. What is the name of the man who buys Happy's from Tadpole? What does he ask Ursa?
5. How does Ursa know that Mutt likes her when he comes to see her sing at Happy's? What does he tell her about Happy's?
6. After Ursa's father finds out Ursa's mother is pregnant, what does he do? What does he do after that?
7. What year is it at the beginning of Chapter 4? How old is Ursa?
8. What was the name of Ursa's father? Where did he and Ursa's mother meet?
9. Whom does Ursa occasionally see in the street? How does Ursa become a free woman?
10. How does Ursa think telling the story of her father will help her mother? What does Ursa think about her own relationship with men?
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
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.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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