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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. How old is Ursa at the beginning of Chapter 4?
2. When Ursa is young and she thinks a boy got her pregnant, what does she do?
3. What singer does Mutt tell Ursa he likes when they first meet?
4. What does Ursa's mother offer to make her when she comes to visit?
5. How does Ursa find out about her period when she is young?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Ursa think telling the story of her father will help her mother? What does Ursa think about her own relationship with men?
2. When Ursa comes to visit her mother, what is her mother doing? Why is she doing this?
3. How did Corregidora feel about great-gram seeing black men? What does he say about this?
4. What is the name of the boy that Mary Alice begins to have sex with? What does Mary Alice tell Ursa when Ursa says she should stop?
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. Whom does Ursa occasionally see in the street? How does Ursa become a free woman?
7. After Ursa's father finds out Ursa's mother is pregnant, what does he do? What does he do after that?
8. When Mutt and Ursa are at a dance together, what does Mutt do that embarrasses Ursa? What does she say to him during this conflict?
9. Where does Mutt say he has been working? Why did he leave? Where is he working now?
10. Where does Ursa's mother catch her singing? What is her reaction to seeing Ursa sing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
Write an essay on the symbolism behind Ursa's change of voice in the novel. Does the change represent something more than a physical change? Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.
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