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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 does the father in the story Minor Heroism do for a living?
(a) He is a used car dealer.
(b) He is a desk sergeant.
(c) He is an attorney.
(d) He is an insurance salesman.

2. In Cathedral, who is Robert?
(a) The wife's blind friend.
(b) The wife's grandfather.
(c) The wife's brother.
(d) The wife's uncle.

3. Who becomes deaf playing drums in a band in the story Testimony of Pilot?
(a) The narrator's younger brother.
(b) Lillian's brother.
(c) The narrator of the story.
(d) Radcleve.

4. Whose music does Dzia-Dzia hear while he sits at the other end of the kitchen table from Michael?
(a) Fiddle music.
(b) Harp music.
(c) Piano music.
(d) Rock music.

5. In Rock Springs, what is the narrator's daughter's name?
(a) Susan.
(b) Cheryl.
(c) Edna.
(d) Lacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Robert and the husband end up doing at the end of the television show?

2. To whom was Robert married?

3. In Testimony of Pilot, how does Lillian die?

4. What unusual injury befalls Terrence Weber in Emergency?

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

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