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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Cassandra do to retaliate against her brother-in-law after their morning fight?
(a) Cassandra skips school to smoke.
(b) Cassandra runs away.
(c) Cassandra lays him out with a punch to the jaw.
(d) Cassandra takes his car.

3. In "The First Day", what does the protagonist do as an "old, old game" between her and her mother?
(a) The protagonist pretends to refuse a kiss.
(b) The protagonist presses her mother's lips together.
(c) The protagonist bats her eyelashes.
(d) The protagonist squeezes her mother's hand too tight.

4. What does Cassandra carry in her pocket?
(a) An eviction notice.
(b) Her mother's obituary.
(c) Newspaper clippings of Rhonda's success, wrapped in tinfoil.
(d) Cigarettes.

5. What is the only reason Cassandra does not think it would be fair to shoot the fathers of Joyce's and Pearl's babies?
(a) The boys' families would miss them.
(b) The "It takes two to tango" rule.
(c) The boys offered to marry the girls.
(d) Boys will be boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car does Cassandra's brother-in-law drive?

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

3. What color are the pigeons Betsy Ann receives from Miles?

4. How many pigeons does Miles give Betsy Ann?

5. What is Miles' profession?

(see the answer key)

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