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"The First Day" Reading Check Quiz

Last updated over 5 years ago

6 questions

Note from the author:

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.

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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."