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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. After May Alice finds out she is pregnant, what does she want Ursa to tell Harold for her?

2. What does Mutt say his great-grandfather ate when he went crazy?

3. What do Ursa and May Alice call her period?

4. When May Alice's mother gets her test results back from the doctor's, what does she do to May Alice?

5. When Ursa visits May Alice in the hospital, what does May Alice say that makes Ursa leave?

Short Essay Questions

1. What scares Ursa into thinking that she may be pregnant? How does she try to get rid of her "baby"?

2. What year is it at the beginning of Chapter 4? How old is Ursa?

3. After Ursa's father finds out Ursa's mother is pregnant, what does he do? What does he do after that?

4. When Ursa comes to visit her mother, what is her mother doing? Why is she doing this?

5. Who comes in to warn Ursa that Mutt is back in town? What is Ursa's reaction to this bit of news?

6. What is the name of the man who buys Happy's from Tadpole? What does he ask Ursa?

7. When Ursa goes to visit Mary Alice in the hospital, what makes her uncomfortable? What makes her leave abruptly?

8. Whom does Ursa occasionally see in the street? How does Ursa become a free woman?

9. 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?

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

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

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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