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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 12 - 18 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Alma remember Debi when they were in high school?
(a) A dirty, rude girl.
(b) A strange, trashy girl.
(c) A bright, charming girl.
(d) A quiet, conservative girl.

2. What does Debi recall Paul telling her in the last year of his life?
(a) He never loved Alma.
(b) He regretted cheating on Alma.
(c) He had never been so happy.
(d) He never loved Debi.

3. Why did Paulie miss the Mother's Day outing with Pammy and Alma?
(a) He had the dates mixed up.
(b) He missed his flight.
(c) He slept in.
(d) His flight was delayed.

4. Why do the babies in Alma's vision continue to walk away from her as she tries to pick them up?
(a) She has no hands.
(b) Her hands are ice cold.
(c) Her hands are too hot.
(d) Her hands are sharp.

5. What did Debi's ex-lover, the salesman from Ohio, always have with him?
(a) Blindfolds.
(b) A leather thong.
(c) A whip.
(d) Whipped cream.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pammy suggest she and Alma do when the heavy rain starts to fall?

2. What does the paramedic say to the other paramedic at the end of the story?

3. What is Alma asked when she sees Paul, Sr. after her death?

4. What does Debi think of Alma as a mother?

5. What does Debi think the salesman from Ohio might have to explain to "St. Whoever" (6) after he dies?

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