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

2. What does Alma begin to see after she collapses in the storm?
(a) A bright white light.
(b) Dozens of angels.
(c) Tiny little beings followed by Paul, Sr.
(d) Her mother and father.

3. What does Alma recall Paul, Sr. doing the time Pammy slapped her?
(a) He punished Pammy for two weeks.
(b) He slapped her back.
(c) He walked by and said nothing.
(d) He yelled at Alma for bugging Pammy.

4. How did Alma respond when Pammy suggested Debi Hather was an old friend?
(a) She said she was not sure Debi would remember her.
(b) She said she never meant anything to them.
(c) She said she used to sleep with her father.
(d) She said she had never seen the woman in her life.

5. What does Paulie claim his father did to him when he punched him in the groin when he was young?
(a) Sent him to sleep in the shed.
(b) Sent him to be without supper.
(c) Punched him right back.
(d) Called the cops on him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Alma feel her children ruined when it came to her and Paul, Sr.'s relationship?

2. What does Alma think the place Pammy works smells like?

3. What does Debi finally do when Alma continues to glare at her "as if stuck"(8)?

4. What does Pammy ask Alma as she stares at Debi from across the street?

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

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