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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Store.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A woman in "The First Day" has fashioned hair curlers out of which of the following?
(a) Cardboard tubes.
(b) Paper money.
(c) Candy wrappers.
(d) Newspaper.

2. What did Anita's father tell her about Anacostia?
(a) Anacostia is a place full of criminals and thieves.
(b) People there still live with chickens and cows.
(c) Anita should never go there because it is too far away.
(d) Anacostia is a place for men to live with their mistresses.

3. Who accompanies Betsy Ann on her trips to retrieve her pigeons?
(a) Jenny.
(b) Clara.
(c) Robert.
(d) Ralph Holley.

4. Which school does the protagonist of "The Store" graduate from?
(a) Dunbar.
(b) Seaton.
(c) Lafayette.
(d) Walker-Jackson.

5. How does Betsy Ann's father deal with the dead pigeons?
(a) Betsy Ann's father places them in a burlap sack and disposes of them on the way to work.
(b) Betsy Ann's father cooks them for breakfast.
(c) Betsy Ann's father allows her to find and deal with them as a life lesson.
(d) Betsy Ann's father returns them to Miles and demands a refund.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rhonda die?

2. How old is the protagonist of "The First Day"?

3. In "The Store", why does the protagonist's father have to quit his job?

4. What surprising news does Clara give Jenny?

5. In "The Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed", what is Cassandra eating at the beginning of the story?

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