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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The First Day by Edward P. Jones.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Louise sneak out of the kitchen when she was a young child?
(a) Homemade chocolate chip cookies.
(b) Her mother's diet pills.
(c) Peanut butter sandwiches.
(d) Diet cola.

2. In The First Day, what does the mother say when she finds her daughter cannot attend Seaton?
(a) "One answer ain't the end."
(b) "One person can't ruin the plan."
(c) "One monkey don't stop no show."
(d) "One choice jsut brings another."

3. In the story Wickedness, where does Ainslie Classen find shelter in the blizzard?
(a) With the cows in the barn.
(b) With his family in the storn cellar.
(c) In his home.
(d) With the pigs in the slops trough.

4. What did Michael remember hearing as a child from the open window in his room?
(a) His parents singing.
(b) The discussions in the Kubiac's apartment.
(c) The Kubiacs fighting.
(d) The sound of the traffic on the street.

5. In Testimony of Pilot, how does Lillian die?
(a) She contracts cancer and dies within a year.
(b) She is murdered in her apartment.
(c) A bomb explodes in a plane on which she is a stewardess.
(d) She dies in a car crash.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the story Wickedness take place?

2. In River of Names, who is the narrator's lover?

3. Who does Louise marry when she is thin?

4. Where are the narrator and his passengers going in the story Rock Springs?

5. Who is telling the story of the first day?

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