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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Paul, Sr., once call Alma while he was drunk?
(a) Peggy.
(b) Muffin.
(c) Milly.
(d) Lolly.

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

3. Who is the author of "Mother's Day"?
(a) David Foster Wallace.
(b) George Saunders.
(c) George Orwell.
(d) John Cheever.

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

5. What did Pammy and Paulie witness one fourth of July when they were young and playing with sparklers?
(a) A car accident.
(b) Paul, Sr. hit Alma.
(c) Paul, Sr. having sex with another woman.
(d) Their parents having sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Elieen who Alma recalls when thinking of Pammy and Paulie's younger days?

2. How does Alma remember Debi when they were in high school?

3. What does Pammy try to point out to her mother as they walk Pine Street at the start of the story?

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

5. What does Pammy wear while out with her mother on Mother's Day?

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