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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 is the necklace that Ursa wears while visiting her mother made from?
2. Where does Jeffrene work?
3. What ingredient do Grandma and Mama send Ursa to the store to get when she is little?
4. Where does the drunken man at the Spider work with whom Ursa sits down and talks to?
5. Who does Ursa say Mutt is acting like when he "cases a joint?"
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. What does Jeffrene tell Ursa about Cat? What does she ask of Ursa?
4. How old was the Melrose woman who committed suicide? Why does the Melrose woman's father investigate her case further?
5. Where does Mutt say he has been working? Why did he leave? Where is he working now?
6. After Ursa's father finds out Ursa's mother is pregnant, what does he do? What does he do after that?
7. What finally prompts Ursa's father to speak to Ursa's mother? What do they do together while they are getting to know one another?
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. What does Ursa's mother say that she learned from her last visit with Ursa's father? What does she say about relationships?
10. What year is it at the beginning of Chapter 4? How old is Ursa?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 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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