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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what industry does Paulie work?
(a) Ad sales.
(b) Education.
(c) Banking.
(d) Construction.

2. What does Pammy try to point out to her mother as they walk Pine Street at the start of the story?
(a) The nice houses.
(b) The rain clouds.
(c) Purple flowers.
(d) All the traffic.

3. What does Alma recall doing when she had once found Paul, Sr. passed out on their porch?
(a) She poured cold water on his head.
(b) She helped him to bed.
(c) She kicked him.
(d) She called the cops on him.

4. When Pammy snaps Alma out of her daydream when they are walking, what reason does Alma give for stopping?
(a) She cannot remember where she is.
(b) She was daydreaming.
(c) Her knees hurt.
(d) She thought she forgot something at the restaurant.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Alma begin wearing "the wildest underthings" (4) when her children were young?

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

4. What was Paul, Sr.'s occupation?

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

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