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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 6 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Paul once give to Debi after they had sex behind St. Jude's?
(a) Lingerie.
(b) A bracelet.
(c) A love note.
(d) An engagement ring.

2. What word is repeated when Debi thinks of her relationship with her daughter?
(a) Excruciating.
(b) Symbiotic.
(c) Easy.
(d) Tense.

3. How does Alma feel about what her daughter tries to point out to her as the walk Pine Street at the start of the story?
(a) Impressed.
(b) Apathetic.
(c) Excited.
(d) Frightened.

4. What is Pammy doing while they walk Pine Street, which Alma finds nearly absurd?
(a) Talking loudly.
(b) Holding Alma's hand.
(c) Telling everyone to wish her mother a Happy Mother's Day.
(d) Yelling at strangers.

5. How does Debi think of herself as a mother?
(a) Neglectful.
(b) Too lenient.
(c) Generous.
(d) Too strict.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pammy work?

2. What did Paul, Sr., once call Alma while he was drunk?

3. What did Pammy and Paulie witness one fourth of July when they were young and playing with sparklers?

4. What does Debi's daughter write on the postcard she sent two weeks after she took off?

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

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