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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 word is repeated when Debi thinks of her relationship with her daughter?
(a) Excruciating.
(b) Symbiotic.
(c) Easy.
(d) Tense.

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

3. What does Alma think the place Pammy works smells like?
(a) Sweat.
(b) Patchouli.
(c) Hemp.
(d) Crap.

4. 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) Called the cops on him.
(c) Sent him to be without supper.
(d) Punched him right back.

5. 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 used to sleep with her father.
(c) She said she never meant anything to them.
(d) She said she had never seen the woman in her life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Debi do a few days after Paul's funeral?

2. What does Debi recall her daughter learning a lot about when she was younger?

3. When reflecting on her past, what does Debi think of "as a form of joyous overflow" (6)?

4. What did Debi use in the Mac-n-cheese for her daughter and her male friend when they had no milk?

5. Who does Debi refer to as the love of her life?

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