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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. What is Cassandra smoking at the opening of the story?
(a) Virginia Slims.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Marlboros.
(d) Chesterfields.
2. What does the janitor, Jake Horton, send to Betsy Ann?
(a) A pink carriage.
(b) Flowers.
(c) A blue rattle.
(d) Pigeons.
3. Why does the protagonist's mother scold the protagonist while she is filling out paperwork in "The First Day"?
(a) The protagonist is staring at a judgmental little girl.
(b) The protagonist is antagonizing another student.
(c) The protagonist is misbehaving out of boredom.
(d) The protagonist is fussing with her clothes.
4. What kind of shirt does Manny always wear?
(a) An oversized t-shirt.
(b) An undershirt.
(c) A Hawaiian shirt.
(d) A collared dress shirt.
5. A woman in "The First Day" has fashioned hair curlers out of which of the following?
(a) Paper money.
(b) Candy wrappers.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) Cardboard tubes.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are Robert and Clara pretending to fight over?
2. What interrupts Cassandra as she writes her phone number down for Wesley?
3. When the protagonist of "The First Day" initiates the "old, old game", how does her mother respond?
4. What type of job does Manny offer to Caesar to tide him over until he succeeds with his heist?
5. In "The Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed", what is Cassandra eating at the beginning of the story?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the conditions in which Betsy Ann's cousin Ralph grows up.
2. How does Robert treat his daughter Betsy Ann?
3. Discuss Caesar's feelings for Carol.
4. Describe the relationship between Robert and Clara in "The Girl Who Raised Pigeons."
5. Describe the character of Cassandra G. Lewis in "The Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed".
6. How does the protagonist of "The First Day" describe the woman who greets her at Seaton Elementary?
7. How does Cassandra respond to teachers' attempts to set her straight?
8. In "The First Day", how well prepared is the protagonist's mother to enroll her child in school?
9. Describe the conversation between the girls about the effect Rhonda's fame will have on her.
10. How does Robert respond to his daughter's desire to raise pigeons of her own?
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