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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through An Orange Line Train to Ballston and The Sunday Following Mother's Day.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time does Caesar agree to return to Manny's that night?
(a) 6:00.
(b) 9:00.
(c) 10:00.
(d) 7:00.

2. When does Lonney marry Brenda?
(a) March.
(b) November.
(c) April.
(d) October.

3. Where did Caesar first see the mentally handicapped woman?
(a) Walking into the grocery store.
(b) Standing outside the social security office.
(c) Waiting for the bus with her housemates.
(d) Walking to work on the sidewalk.

4. How does Rhonda die?
(a) Rhonda is shot.
(b) Rhonda dies from alcohol poisoning.
(c) Rhonda's father stabs her.
(d) Rhonda overdoses on drugs.

5. Where does Cassandra drive Gladys Harper?
(a) Gladys' mother's house on 12th Street.
(b) Gladys' father's house in Anacostia.
(c) Gladys' school on Kenyon Street.
(d) Mt. Carmel Baptist Church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which odd behavior does Marvella's younger son Marcus exhibit?

2. Whose pigeons does Betsy Ann go to visit for the second time?

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

4. Where do Betsy Ann's pigeons fly away to each morning?

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

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