Quick reading check quiz for the short story "The First Day."
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Question 1
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Name one thing the mother has done to prepare her daughter for first day at school.
Question 2
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Why does the mother want her daughter to attend Seaton (the first school) rather than Walker-Jones (the second school to which they are sent)?
Question 3
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The girl's mother has to ask a woman for help once she gets to Walker-Jones. What does the mother have to ask for help with? Why must she ask for help?
Question 4
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At the end of the story, what sound does the daughter say she hears above everthing else?
Question 5
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What kind of narrator (first person, second person, third person) does this story have?
Question 6
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What does "darned mean? The story says, "I see where she has darned one of her socks the night before."