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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Young Lions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jenny encounter Clara and Robert?
(a) On the subway.
(b) Walking through Central Park.
(c) Outside Hahn's shoe store.
(d) Standing on the sidewalk outside her house.

2. Who do the girls see moving into an apartment on 9th street?
(a) Gladys.
(b) Joyce and Pearl.
(c) Rhonda and Jeff.
(d) Cassandra's brother-in-law.

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

4. What is Cassandra smoking at the opening of the story?
(a) Virginia Slims.
(b) Chesterfields.
(c) Marlboros.
(d) Marijuana.

5. What does Cassandra call Rhonda Ferguson's father?
(a) Fergie.
(b) Daddy Ferguson.
(c) Mr. Ferguson.
(d) Sir.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The First Day", what does the protagonist do as an "old, old game" between her and her mother?

2. How does Rhonda die?

3. What does Cassandra fight with her brother-in-law about?

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

5. What is the last thing the protagonist hears of her mother as she starts class in "The First Day"?

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