If you sort the city names alphabetically, which is first?

Answer: D — Appleton

Sorting names alphabetically means comparing letters from the start and choosing the one that would come first in the alphabet. Here, two names start with A: Appleton and Atkinson. The second letter is p in Appleton and t in Atkinson; since p comes before t, Appleton comes first. The other names start with letters after A, so they come later. So Appleton is the first city in alphabetical order.