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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Butterfly on F Street and Gospel.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "The First Day", what does the protagonist liken her mother to as her mother pulls documents from her purse?
(a) A magician.
(b) A library.
(c) A bumbling fool.
(d) A secretary.

3. When the girls arrive at Mildred Harper's house, what does Mildred do?
(a) Mildred shoves Gladys and a box of possessions into the car and walks away.
(b) Mildred calls for Gladys to answer the door.
(c) Mildred slaps them for daring to come to her house.
(d) Mildred feeds them a dinner of fried chicken, string beans, potato salad, and rolls.

4. In "The Store", how long has Atlas Printing Co. been in business?
(a) 75 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 150 years.

5. In "The Store", where does the protagonist commit his offense?
(a) In the No. 1 precinct.
(b) In the No. 4 precinct.
(c) In the No. 3 precinct.
(d) In the No. 2 precinct.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only reason Cassandra does not think it would be fair to shoot the fathers of Joyce's and Pearl's babies?

2. How many members does Holy Tabernacle AME Zion have?

3. What interrupts Cassandra as she writes her phone number down for Wesley?

4. In "The First Day", what does the protagonist do as an "old, old game" between her and her mother?

5. What does Cassandra call Rhonda Ferguson's father?

(see the answer key)

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