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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. Why does Ursa get mad at Mutt when they are at the dance together?
2. What is the name of Ursa's father?
3. What is Ursa's mother doing when Ursa comes to see her?
4. In what way does Ursa think her mother telling her the story of her father will help her?
5. What does Mutt say Jim has told him about Ursa?
Short Essay Questions
1. How old was the Melrose woman who committed suicide? Why does the Melrose woman's father investigate her case further?
2. When does Ursa's mother see Ursa's father for the last time? How does he treat her?
3. Whom does Ursa occasionally see in the street? How does Ursa become a free woman?
4. Where does Mutt say he has been working? Why did he leave? Where is he working now?
5. When Mutt and Ursa go back to the drake together, what does Ursa do to Mutt? How is this different from their relationship before?
6. How does Ursa think telling the story of her father will help her mother? What does Ursa think about her own relationship with men?
7. When Ursa comes to visit her mother, what is her mother doing? Why is she doing this?
8. Why does Ursa go to Bracktown to see her mother? What does she bring her?
9. When Ursa sees Jeffrene in the street, what is different about her? Where does Jeffrene work?
10. What does Ursa's mother say that she learned from her last visit with Ursa's father? What does she say about relationships?
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
Ownership is an important element in the novel. Write an essay on the role of ownership in the novel. Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.
Essay Topic 3
Hair is an important element in the novel. Write an essay on the role of hair in the novel, shown in at least three characters. Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.
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