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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 prompts Ursa's mother to follow Ursa's father to his apartment?
2. Where does Jeffrene tell Ursa Cat works at?
3. How old is Ursa at the beginning of Chapter 4?
4. What does Ursa realize while she is giving Mutt oral sex at the end of the novel?
5. What town does Ursa's mother live in?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Ursa go to Bracktown to see her mother? What does she bring her?
2. 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?
3. What year is it at the beginning of Chapter 4? How old is Ursa?
4. When Ursa sees Jeffrene in the street, what is different about her? Where does Jeffrene work?
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 much older is Ursa's childhood friend, Mary Alice, than Ursa? What does she tell Ursa about, which she calls "bleeding?"
7. What does Mutt say to Ursa at the end of the novel? What is Ursa's response?
8. Which two characters become intertwined in Ursa's memory? How does Ursa explain this?
9. Where does Ursa's mother catch her singing? What is her reaction to seeing Ursa sing?
10. What was the name of Ursa's father? Where did he and Ursa's mother meet?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The characters in the novel use sex to hold power over one another. Write an essay on the theme of sex as power. Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.
Essay Topic 2
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 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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