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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the baby girl say when Alma asks if it was her fault?
(a) I don't know.
(b) God only knows.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

3. At the end of the story, what does Alma believe must happen in order for everything to be fixed?
(a) She must stop seeing Paul.
(b) She must admit her fault.
(c) She must pick up the babies.
(d) She must stop being Alma.

4. How does Alma picture herself before she met Paul?
(a) Reading books and keeping to herself.
(b) Raising hell and running free.
(c) Smelling lilacs and swinging her diploma.
(d) Smelling roses and smiling at everyone.

5. How does Debi describe her daughter when thinking "somehow she'd go stuck with the wrong kid" (7)?
(a) Snooty.
(b) Wild.
(c) Out-there.
(d) Uptight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Debi imagine Alma would say to her if they were in Heaven at the same time?

2. What does Debi recall her daughter doing when she brought a boy named Rob over, which Debi could not fathom?

3. What did Debi's ex-lover, the salesman from Ohio, always have with him?

4. What does Pammy wear while out with her mother on Mother's Day?

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

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