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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Debi think of Alma as a mother?
(a) She was overly affectionate.
(b) She was mean.
(c) She was generous.
(d) She was strict but fair.

2. What did Debi's daughter do before a parade once to make their house look more presentable?
(a) Paint their house.
(b) Buy a bird bath.
(c) Mow their lawn.
(d) Plant roses.

3. What did Pammy take Alma to on Mother's Day?
(a) Lunch.
(b) A hotel.
(c) The movies.
(d) A park.

4. What is Alma thankful Pammy and Paulie had not been bugging her about during this visit?
(a) Her looks.
(b) Her smoking.
(c) Her drinking.
(d) Finding a boyfriend.

5. How does Debi try to justify her daughter leaving without a word?
(a) Debi knew she deserved it.
(b) She taught her daughter how to save enough money to survive on her own.
(c) She raised a bold, independent girl.
(d) Her daughter had always been a free-spirit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Debi see out the window after hearing the ambulance?

2. What does the baby girl say when Alma asks if it was her fault?

3. Why did Paulie miss the Mother's Day outing with Pammy and Alma?

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

5. What does Alma yell out when the baby girl asks her whose fault it was?

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