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

2. What is Miles' profession?
(a) Barber.
(b) Executive assistant.
(c) Street sweeper.
(d) Line cook.

3. In "The First Day", what does the protagonist do as an "old, old game" between her and her mother?
(a) The protagonist presses her mother's lips together.
(b) The protagonist bats her eyelashes.
(c) The protagonist pretends to refuse a kiss.
(d) The protagonist squeezes her mother's hand too tight.

4. What is Manny doing at the table when Caesar arrives?
(a) Manny is reading the Post aloud.
(b) Manny is eating a late breakfast.
(c) Manny is counting cash.
(d) Manny is rolling a cigarette.

5. What does the protagonist of "The First Day" notice as her mother walks away?
(a) The way her clothes do not fit.
(b) The way her mother seems out of place.
(c) The spot on her sock which she darned the night before.
(d) The cheap material her purse is made from.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cassandra do instead of attending class?

2. How much does Mildred give Cassandra for gas?

3. Where does Cassandra drive Gladys Harper?

4. What does the protagonist's mother do when the teacher introduces herself in "The First Day"?

5. When the protagonist of "The First Day" initiates the "old, old game", how does her mother respond?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the errand Gladys' mother pays Cassandra to run.

2. Describe the environment in which Betsy Ann grows up.

3. How does the protagonist of "The First Day" describe the woman who greets her at Seaton Elementary?

4. Discuss Caesar's feelings for Carol.

5. In "The First Day", why does the little girl at Walker-Jones Elementary look at the protagonist's mother as though she is "diseased"?

6. In "The First Day", how does the protagonist's mother prepare her for the first day of school?

7. How does Cassandra respond to the fight she has with her brother-in-law?

8. Describe the conversation between the girls about the effect Rhonda's fame will have on her.

9. Describe Robert's reaction to becoming a widower and single father in "The Girl Who Raised Pigeons."

10. How does Rhonda Ferguson's father treat Cassandra?

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