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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. Where do Cassandra's sister and brother-in-law live?
(a) Kenyon Street.
(b) Maple View Place.
(c) New York Ave.
(d) Clifton Street.

2. What color is Clara's casket?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Varnished pine.
(d) Pink.

3. What interrupts Cassandra as she writes her phone number down for Wesley?
(a) Melanie screams from the front porch.
(b) The car lurches into gear.
(c) Anita begins to tease her mercilessly.
(d) Wesley changes his mind about the date.

4. A woman in "The First Day" has fashioned hair curlers out of which of the following?
(a) Newspaper.
(b) Paper money.
(c) Cardboard tubes.
(d) Candy wrappers.

5. What song does Anita ask Melanie to sing again?
(a) "Hey Sugar."
(b) "My Guy."
(c) "Will You Still Love Me?"
(d) "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?"

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the protagonist's mother scold the protagonist while she is filling out paperwork in "The First Day"?

2. What does the protagonist of "The First Day" have for breakfast?

3. How does Rhonda die?

4. What is the only reason Cassandra does not think it would be fair to shoot the fathers of Joyce's and Pearl's babies?

5. What does the protagonist's mother see as the "beginning and end of the world"?

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