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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 is Michael working on when he sits at the kitchen table in the evenings?
(a) His science.
(b) His penmanship.
(c) His math.
(d) His art.

2. What unusual injury befalls Terrence Weber in Emergency?
(a) His wife stabs him in the eye.
(b) His wife stabs him in the stomach.
(c) His wife stabs him in the leg.
(d) His wife stabs him in the heart.

3. When does the story The First Day take place?
(a) In mid-winter at the start of the new school term.
(b) In September at the start of the school year.
(c) In early summer at the start of summer camp.
(d) In January at the start of the new year.

4. When does the story Wickedness take place?
(a) In the late eighteenth century.
(b) In the early twentieth century.
(c) In the late nineteenth century.
(d) In the mid twentieth century.

5. How does the protagonist in Tall Tales from the Mekong Deltareact when Lenny shows up at her house unannounced?
(a) She is nervous.
(b) She is thrilled.
(c) She is angry.
(d) She is curious.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Louise's close friend in college?

2. What is the young girl carrying with her on the first day?

3. In River of Names, what does the narrator's lover accuse her of?

4. What is Walter's problem?

5. What show does Robert and his hosts end up watching on television?

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