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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where do Betsy Ann's pigeons fly away to each morning?
(a) The roof.
(b) Miles' house.
(c) The park.
(d) The bell tower.

3. What does the janitor, Jake Horton, send to Betsy Ann?
(a) A blue rattle.
(b) Pigeons.
(c) A pink carriage.
(d) Flowers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accompanies Betsy Ann on her trips to retrieve her pigeons?

2. In "The First Day", the admissions staff members at Seaton Elementary look like models out of which of the following magazines?

3. From what illness does Clara die?

4. What does Betsy Ann say to her father about the pigeons?

5. Which church does the protagonist's mother attend in "The First Day"?

(see the answer key)

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