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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does Betsy Ann's father get to work in the morning?
(a) By taxicab.
(b) By train.
(c) By bus.
(d) By car.
2. What color are the pigeons Betsy Ann receives from Miles?
(a) White and black.
(b) Red and white.
(c) Grey.
(d) Black.
3. How much does the protagonist's mother give to the woman who assists in completing the forms in "The First Day"?
(a) $50.
(b) 50 cents.
(c) 5 cents.
(d) $5.
4. A woman in "The First Day" has fashioned hair curlers out of which of the following?
(a) Paper money.
(b) Cardboard tubes.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) Candy wrappers.
5. In "The First Day", what time does the protagonist's mother promise to pick her up?
(a) 2:00.
(b) 11:00.
(c) 12:00.
(d) 1:00.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Cassandra smoking at the opening of the story?
2. In "The Girl Who Raised Pigeons," how many years pass before Betsy Ann wants to see the pigeons again?
3. Where do Betsy Ann and her father live?
4. What surprising news does Clara give Jenny?
5. How does Betsy Ann's father deal with the dead pigeons?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the central difference between Caesar and Sherman?
2. In "The First Day", how well prepared is the protagonist's mother to enroll her child in school?
3. Discuss Caesar's feelings for Carol.
4. How does Caesar con Carol into participating in his plot to rob the disabled woman?
5. Describe the character of Cassandra G. Lewis in "The Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed".
6. In "Young Lions", discuss Carol's feelings for Caesar.
7. How do Caesar and Carol steal from their mark?
8. How does Cassandra respond to the fight she has with her brother-in-law?
9. Describe the relationship between Robert and Clara in "The Girl Who Raised Pigeons."
10. Discuss the girls' encounter with Pearl and Joyce. What unconventional decision have they made?
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