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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 did Alma once do when Pammy and Paulie did not listen to her at the zoo?
(a) She called the cops.
(b) She spanked them both.
(c) She left them there.
(d) She had Paul, Sr. take them home.

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

3. Why is Pammy's head bleeding when they are under the tree at the Ubernicks in the midst of the storm?
(a) A tree branch fell on her.
(b) She was hit with a large bit of hail.
(c) Alma had whacked her for trying to help.
(d) She slipped and fell on the pavement.

4. What does Pammy suggest she and Alma do when the heavy rain starts to fall?
(a) Call a cab.
(b) Hide in the church.
(c) Run.
(d) Ask Debi for help.

5. What word did Paul, Sr. once use to describe "the efficacy of his tree stimulator" (3)?
(a) Spontaneous.
(b) Nebulous.
(c) Treacherous.
(d) Fabulous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the paramedic say to the other paramedic at the end of the story?

2. In what industry does Paulie work?

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

4. What does Alma recall Paul, Sr. doing the time Pammy slapped her?

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

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