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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 do May Alice and her mother eventually move?
2. What does she tell Ursa when May Alice is upset when she find out she is pregnant?
3. Whom is May Alice sleeping with?
4. Where does Tadpole move when he leaves Bracktown?
5. When Ursa reunites with Mutt, what does he ask her?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Mutt say to Ursa at the end of the novel? What is Ursa's response?
2. When Ursa comes to visit her mother, what is her mother doing? Why is she doing this?
3. What was the name of Ursa's father? Where did he and Ursa's mother meet?
4. Which two characters become intertwined in Ursa's memory? How does Ursa explain this?
5. How old was the Melrose woman who committed suicide? Why does the Melrose woman's father investigate her case further?
6. 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?
7. What does Jeffrene tell Ursa about Cat? What does she ask of Ursa?
8. How did Corregidora feel about great-gram seeing black men? What does he say about this?
9. Where does Ursa's mother catch her singing? What is her reaction to seeing Ursa sing?
10. What is the name of the man who buys Happy's from Tadpole? What does he ask Ursa?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay on the use of italicized text in the novel. Address its impact on both the novel and the reader. Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.
Essay Topic 2
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 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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