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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 did Anita's father tell her about Anacostia?
(a) People there still live with chickens and cows.
(b) Anacostia is a place full of criminals and thieves.
(c) Anacostia is a place for men to live with their mistresses.
(d) Anita should never go there because it is too far away.

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

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

4. What experience has taught Cassandra that asking questions can be dangerous?
(a) Living with her brother-in-law.
(b) Resisting arrest.
(c) Attending school.
(d) Being an orphan.

5. What happens to Betsy Ann's pigeons?
(a) The pigeons escape from the coop and fly away for good.
(b) A neighbor, tired of the noise and smell, poisons them.
(c) Betsy Ann sets them free.
(d) All but two of the pigeons are killed by rats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Cassandra's sister and brother-in-law live?

2. In "The First Day", the admissions staff members at Seaton Elementary look like models out of which of the following magazines?

3. How much will Gladys' mother pay Cassandra to drive Gladys?

4. In "The Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed", what is Cassandra eating at the beginning of the story?

5. How many pigeons does Miles give Betsy Ann?

(see the answer key)

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