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

2. What are Robert and Clara pretending to fight over?
(a) Use of an umbrella.
(b) Places where they can eat dinner.
(c) Their share of the newspaper.
(d) Cab fare.

3. What kind of car does Cassandra's brother-in-law drive?
(a) A green 1957 Hollywood Hudson.
(b) A red 1973 Dodge.
(c) A green 1969 Ford truck.
(d) A black 1978 Ford Mustang.

4. How does Betsy Ann's father get to work in the morning?
(a) By train.
(b) By car.
(c) By bus.
(d) By taxicab.

5. In "The Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed", when the car stalls, who is able to get it started?
(a) Wesley.
(b) Melanie.
(c) Anita.
(d) Cassandra.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what illness does Clara die?

2. What song does Anita ask Melanie to sing again?

3. In "The First Day", what does the protagonist liken her mother to as her mother pulls documents from her purse?

4. Where do Betsy Ann's pigeons fly away to each morning?

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

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