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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. When is the first time that Ursa feels a man and is frightened by it?
2. When Ursa visits May Alice in the hospital, what does May Alice say that makes Ursa leave?
3. How does Ursa's mother react to May Alice's pregnancy?
4. Finish the line: "He made them make love to anyone, so that they ______."
5. What is the name of the new owner of Happy's after Tadpole sells it?
Short Essay Questions
1. Which two characters become intertwined in Ursa's memory? How does Ursa explain this?
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 does Mutt ask Ursa when they reunite at Happy's? What is Ursa's response?
4. When Ursa goes to visit Mary Alice in the hospital, what makes her uncomfortable? What makes her leave abruptly?
5. Whom does Ursa occasionally see in the street? How does Ursa become a free woman?
6. What does Ursa's mother do to earn a living? How does Ursa feel about this?
7. Where does Ursa's mother catch her singing? What is her reaction to seeing Ursa sing?
8. How much older is Ursa's childhood friend, Mary Alice, than Ursa? What does she tell Ursa about, which she calls "bleeding?"
9. 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?
10. How did Corregidora feel about great-gram seeing black men? What does he say about this?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Corregidora is a strongly feminist novel. Write an essay detailing the feminist elements of the novel. Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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