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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The First Day", what time does the protagonist's mother promise to pick her up?
(a) 2:00.
(b) 11:00.
(c) 12:00.
(d) 1:00.

2. What color are the protagonist's socks in "The First Day"?
(a) Yellow trimmed in white and black.
(b) White trimmed with green.
(c) White.
(d) One is black, one is white.

3. Where does Jenny encounter Clara and Robert?
(a) Walking through Central Park.
(b) Outside Hahn's shoe store.
(c) Standing on the sidewalk outside her house.
(d) On the subway.

4. To what does the narrator compare the first set of baby pigeons?
(a) Worms.
(b) Baby vultures.
(c) Mice.
(d) Aliens.

5. What color are the pigeons Betsy Ann receives from Miles?
(a) Red and white.
(b) White and black.
(c) Grey.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprising news does Clara give Jenny?

2. What are Robert and Clara pretending to fight over?

3. What sign does Betsy Ann take to mean that the pigeons have decided to roost in her coop?

4. What does the protagonist's mother do when the teacher introduces herself in "The First Day"?

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

(see the answer key)

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