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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 last thing the protagonist hears of her mother as she starts class in "The First Day"?
(a) The clacking of her heels.
(b) The sound of her proud laugh.
(c) The sound of her voice greeting other children.
(d) A soft sniffle.

2. When the girls arrive at Mildred Harper's house, what does Mildred do?
(a) Mildred feeds them a dinner of fried chicken, string beans, potato salad, and rolls.
(b) Mildred calls for Gladys to answer the door.
(c) Mildred shoves Gladys and a box of possessions into the car and walks away.
(d) Mildred slaps them for daring to come to her house.

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

4. Where do Betsy Ann's pigeons fly away to each morning?
(a) The roof.
(b) The park.
(c) The bell tower.
(d) Miles' house.

5. In "The Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed", what is Cassandra eating at the beginning of the story?
(a) Two year-old Christmas candy.
(b) A grilled cheese sandwich.
(c) Cold pizza.
(d) Doughnuts.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rhonda die?

2. What experience has taught Cassandra that asking questions can be dangerous?

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

4. What is Cassandra smoking at the opening of the story?

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

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