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

2. How much does the protagonist's mother give to the woman who assists in completing the forms in "The First Day"?
(a) $5.
(b) 50 cents.
(c) 5 cents.
(d) $50.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the items the protagonist carries to school in "The First Day"?

2. What advice does Robert receive from Carleton and Carlos?

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

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

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

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