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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 does Debi think she should do to Alma that "would freak the old bitch out" (6)?
(a) Run across the street and hug her.
(b) Yell something obscene about her husband.
(c) Lift up her shirt.
(d) Slap her.

2. Why did Alma begin wearing "the wildest underthings" (4) when her children were young?
(a) Because Paul asked her to.
(b) To impress her boyfriend.
(c) To entice Paul to stop seeing other women.
(d) She had started stripping to make extra money.

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

4. Where does Pammy work?
(a) No Guns Necessary.
(b) No Trees Need Die.
(c) No People Should Go Hungry.
(d) No Animals Need Die.

5. How long had it been since Debi last heard from her daughter?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 32 years.
(d) 3 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Debi's daughter's name?

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

3. What does Debi imagine Alma would learn about her husband when she reached Heaven and watched the movie of her life?

4. What is Debi doing outside of her house when Alma sees her as she and Pammy reach the house?

5. 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?

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