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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does the protagonist compare the admissions worker's pearls in "The First Day"?
(a) Golf balls.
(b) Gumballs.
(c) Jumbo-sized marbles.
(d) Pebbles.

2. When the protagonist of "The First Day" initiates the "old, old game", how does her mother respond?
(a) The protagonist's mother smiles and plays along.
(b) The protagonist's mother becomes angry that the protagonist is behaving in this way publicly.
(c) The protagonist's mother breaks from her role in the game to dismiss the protagonist's action.
(d) The protagonist's mother whispers to the protagonist that she is a big girl now.

3. What experience has taught Cassandra that asking questions can be dangerous?
(a) Being an orphan.
(b) Living with her brother-in-law.
(c) Resisting arrest.
(d) Attending school.

4. What is Miles' profession?
(a) Executive assistant.
(b) Line cook.
(c) Street sweeper.
(d) Barber.

5. How does Rhonda die?
(a) Rhonda's father stabs her.
(b) Rhonda is shot.
(c) Rhonda overdoses on drugs.
(d) Rhonda dies from alcohol poisoning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cassandra smoking at the opening of the story?

2. Where do Cassandra's sister and brother-in-law live?

3. To what does the narrator compare the first set of baby pigeons?

4. How does Betsy Ann's father get to work in the morning?

5. What are Robert and Clara pretending to fight over?

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