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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the protagonist of "The First Day"?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

2. In "The First Day", the admissions staff members at Seaton Elementary look like models out of which of the following magazines?
(a) Vogue.
(b) Ebony.
(c) Marie Claire.
(d) Good Housekeeping.

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

4. When the protagonist of "The First Day" initiates the "old, old game", how does her mother respond?
(a) The protagonist's mother smiles and plays along.
(b) The protagonist's mother breaks from her role in the game to dismiss the protagonist's action.
(c) The protagonist's mother whispers to the protagonist that she is a big girl now.
(d) The protagonist's mother becomes angry that the protagonist is behaving in this way publicly.

5. Where do Betsy Ann and her father live?
(a) In the basement of Jenny and Walter Creed's house.
(b) In a house with Miles.
(c) In an apartment on the third floor of Jenny and Walter Creed's house.
(d) In an apartment rented out by Betsy Ann's grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Janet teach Robert to do using a blond baby doll?

2. What surprising news does Clara give Jenny?

3. To what does the narrator compare the first set of baby pigeons?

4. In "The Girl Who Raised Pigeons", how old is Miles?

5. How does Betsy Ann's father get to work in the morning?

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