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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose pigeons does Betsy Ann go to visit for the second time?
(a) Miles'.
(b) Clara's.
(c) Miss Jenny's.
(d) Robert's.

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

3. What color is Clara's casket?
(a) Varnished pine.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Pink.

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

5. What surprising news does Clara give Jenny?
(a) Clara tells Jenny that she and Robert are expecting.
(b) Clara tells Jenny that her mother has passed away.
(c) Clara tells Jenny that she and Robert are recently engaged.
(d) Clara tells Jenny that Robert has enlisted in the army.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Betsy Ann's pigeons?

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

4. Where does Jenny encounter Clara and Robert?

5. From what illness does Clara die?

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