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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. What does Cassandra carry in her pocket?
(a) Newspaper clippings of Rhonda's success, wrapped in tinfoil.
(b) An eviction notice.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Her mother's obituary.

2. Why does the protagonist's mother scold the protagonist while she is filling out paperwork in "The First Day"?
(a) The protagonist is staring at a judgmental little girl.
(b) The protagonist is misbehaving out of boredom.
(c) The protagonist is antagonizing another student.
(d) The protagonist is fussing with her clothes.

3. What does Cassandra call Rhonda Ferguson's father?
(a) Fergie.
(b) Daddy Ferguson.
(c) Sir.
(d) Mr. Ferguson.

4. What is the only reason Cassandra does not think it would be fair to shoot the fathers of Joyce's and Pearl's babies?
(a) The boys offered to marry the girls.
(b) The boys' families would miss them.
(c) The "It takes two to tango" rule.
(d) Boys will be boys.

5. Why does the protagonist's mother need help with the school forms in "The First Day"?
(a) The protagonist's mother has never enrolled a child before.
(b) The protagonist's mother cannot read.
(c) The protagonist's mother can read but not write.
(d) The protagonist's mother does not understand the new forms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the protagonist of "The First Day" notice as her mother walks away?

2. Who do the girls see moving into an apartment on 9th street?

3. How many pigeons does Miles give Betsy Ann?

4. What does the protagonist's mother see as the "beginning and end of the world"?

5. When does "The Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed" take place?

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