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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 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 offered to marry the girls.
(b) Boys will be boys.
(c) The "It takes two to tango" rule.
(d) The boys' families would miss them.

2. What sign does Betsy Ann take to mean that the pigeons have decided to roost in her coop?
(a) The birds cower in the corner of the coop all day.
(b) The birds have made a nest.
(c) The birds seem to like her.
(d) The birds no longer leave the coop.

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

4. What smell does the protagonist of "The First Day" notice each time she turns her head?
(a) Fresh soap.
(b) Gardenia perfume behind her ear.
(c) Chemically treated hair.
(d) Dixie Peach hair grease.

5. In "The Girl Who Raised Pigeons", how old is Miles?
(a) 43.
(b) 64.
(c) 32.
(d) 56.

Short Answer Questions

1. What interrupts Cassandra as she writes her phone number down for Wesley?

2. What does Cassandra ask Joyce Moses?

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

4. How much does the protagonist's mother give to the woman who assists in completing the forms in "The First Day"?

5. Where do Betsy Ann and her father live?

(see the answer key)

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